Re: [PATCH 2/3] adlib: mark as insecure and deprecated.

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:38:53PM +0530, P J P wrote:
> +-- On Thu, 25 Oct 2018, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote --+
> | On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 04:26:16PM +0530, P J P wrote:
> | > +-- On Thu, 25 Oct 2018, Gerd Hoffmann wrote --+
> | > | We have a lovely, guest-triggerable buffer overflow in opl2 emulation.
> | > | 
> | > | Reproducer:
> | > |     outw(0xff60, 0x220);
> | > |     outw(0x1020, 0x220);
> | > |     outw(0xffb0, 0x220);
> | > | Result:
> | > |     Will overflow FM_OPL->AR_TABLE[] (see hw/audio/fmopl.[ch])
> | > 
> | > + Reported-by: Wangjunqing <wangjunqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> | 
> | So you have a CVE number for this ?
> 
> No, since the adlib device is not used as much and is being deprecated, I'm 
> not inclined to get one.

Any security issue that affects code in QEMU that is currently being
shipped by distros should have a CVE.

Whether we intend to deprecate & delete it later should not be a factor
because we are free to cancel the deprecation process at any time if we
find a reason to keep the feature around.

Regards,
Daniel
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