From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Build grub.xen.
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:39:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131212163907.GG1431@riva.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEaD8JN=Gg8fut+pXBA0=8abvo5YE=Q4eiXYR6kPT-yRqjNA1Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:24:50PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> This config has a security problem. If a user has full acces to some
> partition (e.g. fto server partition) he can put grub.xen there and load
> his own code
Only in the domU context, though. If a user has full access to a guest
filesystem then of course they can run code in the domU. This seems
unsurprising and not a problem?
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-12 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-12 15:36 [PATCH 0/4] Turn-key PV-GRUB2 installation Colin Watson
2013-12-12 15:37 ` [PATCH 1/4] Add an option to exclude devices from search results Colin Watson
2013-12-13 12:27 ` [Xen-devel] " Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-13 13:18 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-13 15:40 ` [PATCH] add --boot-directory option to grub-mkstandalone Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-20 12:16 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-21 10:29 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-21 10:37 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-22 17:20 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/4] Add an option to exclude devices from search results Jordan Uggla
2013-12-12 15:37 ` [PATCH 2/4] Accept environment variables on the command line for Xen Colin Watson
2013-12-12 15:48 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-12 16:11 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-12 16:15 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 16:13 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 17:12 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-12 17:58 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 19:12 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-12 19:50 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 15:37 ` [PATCH 3/4] Build grub.xen Colin Watson
2013-12-12 16:24 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 16:39 ` Colin Watson [this message]
2013-12-12 16:45 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 16:49 ` Fwd: " Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 17:36 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-12 17:41 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-12 18:08 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-13 11:56 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-13 12:19 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-12 15:37 ` [PATCH 4/4] Improve installation on Xen Colin Watson
2013-12-12 16:23 ` [Xen-devel] " Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2013-12-13 11:58 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-16 11:42 ` [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Turn-key PV-GRUB2 installation Ian Campbell
2013-12-16 12:05 ` Samuel Thibault
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