Xen 
 
Home About Xen.org Xen Xen Summit Wiki Mailing List Bug Tracker Xen Downloads
 
   
 

xen-devel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit

To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit
From: Steve Dobbelstein <steved@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:16:29 -0500
Delivery-date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:17:11 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit.  If the first character of the
if name is not \0, qemu will think it's a valid ifname and configure
/dev/net/tun to use it.  The configuration fails and qemu exits.

Patch is attached.

Steve D.

(See attached file: qemu-ifname.patch)

Attachment: qemu-ifname.patch
Description: Binary data

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>