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The backing store string location offset 0 determines that the file
isn't present. The string size shouldn't be then checked:
from qemu.git/docs/specs/qcow2.txt
== Header ==
The first cluster of a qcow2 image contains the file header:
Byte 0 - 3: magic
QCOW magic string ("QFI\xfb")
4 - 7: version
Version number (valid values are 2 and 3)
8 - 15: backing_file_offset
Offset into the image file at which the backing file name
is stored (NB: The string is not null terminated). 0 if the
image doesn't have a backing file.
16 - 19: backing_file_size
Length of the backing file name in bytes. Must not be
longer than 1023 bytes. Undefined if the image doesn't have
a backing file. ^^^^^^^^^
This patch intentionally leaves the backing file string size check in
place in case a malformatted file would be presented to libvirt. Also
according to the docs the string size is maximum 1023 bytes, thus this
patch adds a check to verify that.
I was also able to verify that the check was done the same way in the
legacy qcow fromat (in qemu's code).
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>