Re: [PATCH] security: plug regression introduced in disk probe logic

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On 05/31/2011 05:35 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> Regression introduced in commit d6623003 (v0.8.8) - using the
> wrong sizeof operand meant that security manager private data
> was overlaying the allowDiskFOrmatProbing member of struct
> _virSecurityManager.  This reopens disk probing, which was
> supposed to be prevented by the solution to CVE-2010-2238.
> 
> * src/security/security_manager.c
> (virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData): Use correct offset.
> ---
>  src/security/security_manager.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/security/security_manager.c b/src/security/security_manager.c
> index 0246dd8..833c1a2 100644
> --- a/src/security/security_manager.c
> +++ b/src/security/security_manager.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ virSecurityManagerPtr virSecurityManagerNew(const char *name,
> 
>  void *virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr)
>  {
> -    return ((char*)mgr) + sizeof(mgr);
> +    return ((char*)mgr) + sizeof(*mgr);

I suppose I could have used:

return mgr + 1;

instead, since that gives the same address with less typing.  Any
preferences on which form to commit?

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