Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] disable virtfs compilation by default in upstream QEMU

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] disable virtfs 
> compilation by default in upstream QEMU"):
> > On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Forgive my ignorance, but now I want to know: what is virtfs ?  Is it
> > > a potential security issue which might allow guests to do something
> > > exciting ?
> > 
> > virtfs allows guest and host to share a folder. You can restrict
> > access to the folder in various ways:
> 
> So what is the default configuration ?

The default is on.


> Do we have any protection from
> possible bugs in the virtfs access control system ?

Nothing more and nothing less than QEMU 1.0 stable provides.

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