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Re: QEMU update (security)
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Efraim Flashner |
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Re: QEMU update (security) |
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Mon, 5 Sep 2016 12:24:58 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) |
On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 04:20:44PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> This updates QEMU to the latest release, 2.7.0.
>
> It fixes at least one security bug (I think that every new QEMU release
> fixes security bugs):
> http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/394
>
> Tested on x86-64.
> From a46d80d697e2ed93596a69b9f170b645f8b608a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Leo Famulari <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 02:53:37 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: qemu: Update to 2.7.0 [fixes CVE-2016-7116].
>
> * gnu/packages/qemu.scm (qemu): Update to 2.7.0.
> [arguments]: Adjust path in 'disable-test-qga' phase.
> ---
> gnu/packages/qemu.scm | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
> index 1b9f0ad..aee6a75 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
> @@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
> (define-public qemu
> (package
> (name "qemu")
> - (version "2.6.1")
> + (version "2.7.0")
> (source (origin
> (method url-fetch)
> (uri (string-append
> "http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-";
> version ".tar.bz2"))
> (sha256
> (base32
> - "1l88iqk0swqccrnjwczgl9arqsvy77bis862zxajy7z3dqdzshj9"))))
> + "0lqyz01z90nvxpc3nx4djbci7hx62cwvs5zwd6phssds0sap6vij"))))
> (build-system gnu-build-system)
> (arguments
> '(;; Running tests in parallel can occasionally lead to failures, like:
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
> (setenv "V" "1")))
> (add-before 'check 'disable-test-qga
> (lambda _
> - (substitute* "tests/Makefile"
> + (substitute* "tests/Makefile.include"
> ;; Comment out the test-qga test, which needs /sys and
> ;; fails within the build environment.
> (("check-unit-.* tests/test-qga" all)
> --
> 2.10.0
>
I haven't tested it but it looks good.
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