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authorRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-10-22 10:59:53 +0100
committerRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-10-22 17:45:06 +0100
commit641ccab6c3b17f1c94676eab99e8baa9cddf5a0b (patch)
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tools: Specify format of disks (RHBZ#642934,CVE-2010-3851).
Sys::Guestfs::Lib is changed in two ways: firstly we take the format string from libvirt and pass it to add_drive_opts. Secondly we allow an extra format => parameter to open_guest which allows the format to be specified for disk images. All the tools are changed to add an extra --format parameter allowing the format to be specified for direct disk images.
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diff --git a/tools/virt-tar b/tools/virt-tar
index 5e6e95a2..ea33fcf7 100755
--- a/tools/virt-tar
+++ b/tools/virt-tar
@@ -130,6 +130,23 @@ at all.
=cut
+my $format;
+
+=item B<--format> raw
+
+Specify the format of disk images given on the command line. If this
+is omitted then the format is autodetected from the content of the
+disk image.
+
+If disk images are requested from libvirt, then this program asks
+libvirt for this information. In this case, the value of the format
+parameter is ignored.
+
+If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should
+ensure the format is always specified.
+
+=cut
+
my $mode;
=item B<-x> | B<--extract> | B<--download>
@@ -175,6 +192,7 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling");
GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+ "format=s" => \$format,
"extract|download|x" => \&set_mode_x,
"upload|u" => \&set_mode_u,
"gzip|z" => \$gzip,
@@ -211,6 +229,7 @@ die __x("virt-tar: {dir}: directory name must start with '/' character\n",
my @args = (\@ARGV);
push @args, address => $uri if $uri;
push @args, rw => 1 if $mode eq "u";
+push @args, format => $format if defined $format;
my $g = open_guest (@args);
$g->launch ();