[libvirt] [PATCH 11/14] Avoid unsafe use of /proc/$PID/root in LXC USB hotplug

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Fri Feb 7 19:43:27 UTC 2014


On 02/07/2014 08:33 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Rewrite lxcDomainAttachDeviceHostdevSubsysUSBLive function
> to use the virProcessRunInMountNamespace helper. This avoids
> risk of a malicious guest replacing /dev with a absolute
> symlink, tricking the driver into changing the host OS
> filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/lxc/lxc_driver.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 

ACK

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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