Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH stable-1.1] qga: set umask 0077 when daemonizing (CVE-2013-2007)

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 05/27/13 02:19, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 27.05.2013 02:11, schrieb Laszlo Ersek:

>> Do you plan to backport
>>
>>   8fe6bbc qga: distinguish binary modes in "guest_file_open_modes" map
>>   2b72001 qga: unlink just created guest-file if fchmod() or fdopen()
>>           fails on it
>>
>> too? These are considered polish for the CVE fix.
> 
> I did backport both to openSUSE 12.2 - they apply without conflicts. :)
> I mainly posted this one to check if there are better QERRs to use.

I think your choices were apt.

>> Also, a side-note: existing world-writable log files etc. are not
>> recreated nor have their modes changed, so maybe a release note or some
>> such would be useful for admins ("delete your previous logfile &
>> optional unix domain socket, or change their modes manually").
> 
> Feel free to add a note to the 1.5 Release Notes - it can then be copied
> to the previous releases we backport this fix to.

Do you mean in the wiki? I'll need an account first :)

Thanks,
Laszlo