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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>
To: Ian Campbell <ijc@xen.org>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Subject: Security support for debug=y builds (Was Re: Xen Security Advisory 37 (CVE-2013-0154) - Hypervisor crash due to incorrect ASSERT (debug build only))
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:09:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50EABB1002000078000B358A@nat28.tlf.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357554072.14291.129.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>

>>> On 07.01.13 at 11:21, Ian Campbell <ijc@xen.org> wrote:
> Options which I can think of are:
> 
>       * debug=y bugs are Just Bugs and not security issues. i.e. they
>         are discussed and fixed publicly on xen-devel and the fix is
>         checked in in the usual way. There is no embargo or specific
>         announcement. changelog may or may not refer to the security
>         implications if debug=y is enabled.

+1

>       * debug=y bugs are security issues regardless, they are treated
>         like any other security issue, i.e. following the process[0].

-1

>       * debug=y bugs are somewhere in the middle. (perhaps no embargo,
>         less formal announcement etc etc)

+/-0

Jan

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-07 11:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1Tr9he-0007fM-NC@xenbits.xen.org>
2013-01-04 16:52 ` [PATCH] libxc: x86: ensure that the initial mapping fits into the guest's memory Ian Campbell
2013-01-07  7:00   ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 10:35   ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 10:37     ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 11:05       ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 11:39         ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 13:37           ` [PATCH V2] " Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:21 ` Security support for debug=y builds (Was Re: Xen Security Advisory 37 (CVE-2013-0154) - Hypervisor crash due to incorrect ASSERT (debug build only)) Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 11:08   ` Keir Fraser
2013-01-07 11:21     ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-07 11:36       ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 12:58         ` James Bulpin
2013-01-07 16:22           ` Keir Fraser
2013-02-08 11:25         ` Ian Campbell
2013-02-08 11:29           ` Ian Campbell
2013-02-08 11:29         ` Ian Campbell
2013-02-08 11:40           ` Jan Beulich
2013-02-08 11:47             ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 11:09   ` Jan Beulich [this message]

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