[xen master] libxl: drop setting XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT in the environment (XSA-180 / CVE-2014-3672)

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commit 15bbbecad5a69c8ce34c8b68352cf378d891ac97
Author:     James Dingwall <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 8 11:00:54 2025 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed Jan 8 11:00:54 2025 +0100

    libxl: drop setting XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT in the environment (XSA-180 / 
CVE-2014-3672)
    
    The corresponding code in the Xen qemu repository was not applied from
    qemu-xen-4.18.0.
    
    Signed-off-by: James Dingwall <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libs/light/libxl_dm.c | 19 -------------------
 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libs/light/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libs/light/libxl_dm.c
index 1f2f5bd97a..b193a5dc37 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/libxl_dm.c
+++ b/tools/libs/light/libxl_dm.c
@@ -638,20 +638,6 @@ int libxl__domain_device_construct_rdm(libxl__gc *gc,
     return ERROR_FAIL;
 }
 
-/* XSA-180 / CVE-2014-3672
- *
- * The QEMU shipped with Xen has a bodge. It checks for
- * XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT to see how much data QEMU is allowed
- * to write to stderr. We set that to 1MB if it is not set by
- * system administrator.
- */
-static void libxl__set_qemu_env_for_xsa_180(libxl__gc *gc,
-                                            flexarray_t *dm_envs)
-{
-    if (getenv("XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT")) return;
-    flexarray_append_pair(dm_envs, "XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT", "1048576");
-}
-
 const libxl_vnc_info *libxl__dm_vnc(const libxl_domain_config *guest_config)
 {
     const libxl_vnc_info *vnc = NULL;
@@ -704,8 +690,6 @@ static int libxl__build_device_model_args_old(libxl__gc *gc,
 
     assert(state->dm_monitor_fd == -1);
 
-    libxl__set_qemu_env_for_xsa_180(gc, dm_envs);
-
     flexarray_vappend(dm_args, dm,
                       "-d", GCSPRINTF("%d", domid), NULL);
 
@@ -1210,8 +1194,6 @@ static int libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc 
*gc,
     dm_args = flexarray_make(gc, 16, 1);
     dm_envs = flexarray_make(gc, 16, 1);
 
-    libxl__set_qemu_env_for_xsa_180(gc, dm_envs);
-
     flexarray_vappend(dm_args, dm,
                       "-xen-domid",
                       GCSPRINTF("%d", guest_domid), NULL);
@@ -3656,7 +3638,6 @@ void libxl__spawn_qemu_xenpv_backend(libxl__egc *egc,
     flexarray_append(dm_args, NULL);
     args = (char **) flexarray_contents(dm_args);
 
-    libxl__set_qemu_env_for_xsa_180(gc, dm_envs);
     envs = (char **) flexarray_contents(dm_envs);
 
     logfile_w = libxl__create_qemu_logfile(gc, GCSPRINTF("qdisk-%u", domid));
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