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Old 03-18-2011
Debian: 2194-1: libvirt: insufficient checks

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that libvirt, a library for interfacing with different virtualization systems, did not properly check for read-only connections. This allowed a local attacker to perform a denial of service (crash) or possibly escalate privileges. [More...]

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VIRT-SANLOCK-CLEANUP(8) 				      Virtualization Support					   VIRT-SANLOCK-CLEANUP(8)

NAME
virt-sanlock-cleanup - remove stale sanlock resource lease files SYNOPSIS
virt-sanlock-cleanup DESCRIPTION
This tool removes any resource lease files created by the sanlock lock manager plugin. The resource lease files only need to exist on disks when a guest using the resource is active. This script reclaims the disk space used by resources which are not currently active. EXIT STATUS
Upon successful processing of leases cleanup, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon fatal error a non-zero status will be set. AUTHOR
Daniel Berrange BUGS
Report any bugs discovered to the libvirt community via the mailing list "http://libvirt.org/contact.html" or bug tracker "http://libvirt.org/bugs.html". Alternatively report bugs to your software distributor / vendor. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011, 2013 Red Hat, Inc. LICENSE
virt-sanlock-cleanup is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2+. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SEE ALSO
virsh(1), online instructions "http://libvirt.org/locking.html" libvirt-1.1.1 2013-05-27 VIRT-SANLOCK-CLEANUP(8)