Re: [PATCH v5] 9pfs: deprecate 'proxy' backend

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Monday, June 26, 2023 1:49:06 PM CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> As recent CVE-2023-2861 (fixed by f6b0de53fb) once again showed, the 9p
> 'proxy' fs driver is in bad shape. Using the 'proxy' backend was already
> discouraged for safety reasons before and we recommended to use the
> 'local' backend (preferably in conjunction with its 'mapped' security
> model) instead, but now it is time to officially deprecate the 'proxy'
> backend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> ---
>  v4 -> v5:
>  - Eliminate repititve use of word 'instead' in text.
>  - Commit log: mention exact commit which fixed CVE-2023-2861.

Queued on 9p.next:
https://github.com/cschoenebeck/qemu/commits/9p.next

Thanks!

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck