Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] fdc: force the fifo access to be in bounds of the allocated buffer

[Markus Armbruster]

Peter Lieven <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 13.05.2015 um 21:09 schrieb Stefan Priebe:
>> Am 13.05.2015 um 21:05 schrieb Stefan Weil:
>>> Am 13.05.2015 um 20:59 schrieb Stefan Priebe:
>>>>
>>>> Am 13.05.2015 um 20:51 schrieb Stefan Weil:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just noticed this patch because my provider told me that my KVM based
>>>>> server
>>>>> needs a reboot because of a CVE (see this German news:
>>>>> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Venom-Schwachstelle-Aus-Hypervisor-ausbrechen-und-VMs-ausspionieren-2649614.html)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Isn't a live migration to a fixed version enough instead of a reboot?
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
>>>
>>> Good point. A live migration would be sufficient - if there are no bugs
>>> in QEMU's live migration.
>>
>> just migrating all our customer machines and wanted to be sure that
>> live migration is enough.
>
> Just to confirm: If Qemu is started with -nodefaults and there is no
> fdc configuration the system is not affected by this CVE?

Not true.  The FD controller is still there.  It has no drives attached
then, but is vulnerable all the same.