[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.6] libxl: Do not trust backend in channel list

[patchbot@xxxxxxx]

commit 562ecb38944404a5b329b24b418d87d6e9be50e7
Author:     Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed May 4 16:59:38 2016 +0100
Commit:     Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Jun 6 15:08:19 2016 +0100

    libxl: Do not trust backend in channel list
    
    Read the name from /libxl/device.  Pass the /libxl path to
    libxl__device_channel_from_xenstore.
    
    This removes the final route by which READ_LIBXLDEV might receive a
    backend path.
    
    This is part of XSA-178.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
    ---
    v2: Remove be_path variable which is now no longer used.
---
 tools/libxl/libxl.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 8cb5582..41d125f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -3842,7 +3842,7 @@ static int libxl__append_channel_list(libxl__gc *gc,
                                               libxl_device_channel **channels,
                                               int *nchannels)
 {
-    char *libxl_dir_path = NULL, *be_path = NULL;
+    char *libxl_dir_path = NULL;
     char **dir = NULL;
     unsigned int n = 0, devid = 0;
     libxl_device_channel *next = NULL;
@@ -3859,10 +3859,7 @@ static int libxl__append_channel_list(libxl__gc *gc,
         libxl_device_channel *tmp;
 
         libxl_path = GCSPRINTF("%s/%s", libxl_dir_path, dir[i]);
-        be_path = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL,
-                                 GCSPRINTF("%s/backend", libxl_path));
-        if (!be_path) continue;
-        name = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL, GCSPRINTF("%s/name", be_path));
+        name = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL, GCSPRINTF("%s/name", libxl_path));
         /* 'channels' are consoles with names, so ignore all consoles
            without names */
         if (!name) continue;
@@ -3874,7 +3871,7 @@ static int libxl__append_channel_list(libxl__gc *gc,
         }
         *channels = tmp;
         next = *channels + *nchannels + devid;
-        rc = libxl__device_channel_from_xenstore(gc, be_path, next);
+        rc = libxl__device_channel_from_xenstore(gc, libxl_path, next);
         if (rc) goto out;
         next->devid = devid;
         devid++;
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#stable-4.6

_______________________________________________
Xen-changelog mailing list
Xen-changelog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-changelog