[Xen-changelog] [qemu-xen-unstable] Disable qemu monitor by default. The qemu monitor is an overly

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commit bacc0d302445c75f18f4c826750fb5853b60e7ca
Author: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Sep 6 17:05:30 2012 +0100

    Disable qemu monitor by default.  The qemu monitor is an overly
    powerful feature which must be protected from untrusted (guest)
    administrators.
    
    Neither xl nor xend expect qemu to produce this monitor unless it is
    explicitly requested.
    
    This is a security problem, XSA-19.  Previously it was CVE-2007-0998
    in Red Hat but we haven't dealt with it in upstream.  We hope to have
    a new CVE for it here but we don't have one yet.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 vl.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index d30cb2c..d21c3aa 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4920,7 +4920,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     kernel_cmdline = "";
     cyls = heads = secs = 0;
     translation = BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO;
-    monitor_device = "vc:80Cx24C";
+    monitor_device = "null";
 
     serial_devices[0] = "vc:80Cx24C";
     for(i = 1; i < MAX_SERIAL_PORTS; i++)
--
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