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From 36debafddd788066be10b33c5f11b984a08e5c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= <berrange@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:22:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ui: remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
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This has been replaced by the 'password-secret' option,
which references a 'secret' object instance.
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 --------
docs/about/removed-features.rst | 7 +++++++
qemu-options.hx | 9 +--------
ui/spice-core.c | 15 ---------------
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index d31ffa86d40..2827b0c0beb 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ and will cause a warning.
The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on``
rather than ``delay=off``.
-``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in
-the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret``
-option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
-line using a ``secret`` object instance.
-
``-smp`` ("parameter=0" SMP configurations) (since 6.2)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index 4a84e6174fe..e901637ce5f 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead.
Use ``-drive if=pflash`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u
RISC-V machine instead.
+``-spice password=string`` (removed in 8.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+This option was insecure because the SPICE password remained visible in
+the process listing. This was replaced by the new ``password-secret``
+option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
+line using a ``secret`` object instance.
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
------------------------------------
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index e79ff4d8fb9..cafd8be8eda 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ DEF("spice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_spice,
" [,tls-channel=[main|display|cursor|inputs|record|playback]]\n"
" [,plaintext-channel=[main|display|cursor|inputs|record|playback]]\n"
" [,sasl=on|off][,disable-ticketing=on|off]\n"
- " [,password=<string>][,password-secret=<secret-id>]\n"
+ " [,password-secret=<secret-id>]\n"
" [,image-compression=[auto_glz|auto_lz|quic|glz|lz|off]]\n"
" [,jpeg-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]]\n"
" [,zlib-glz-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]]\n"
@@ -2161,13 +2161,6 @@ SRST
``ipv4=on|off``; \ ``ipv6=on|off``; \ ``unix=on|off``
Force using the specified IP version.
- ``password=<string>``
- Set the password you need to authenticate.
-
- This option is deprecated and insecure because it leaves the
- password visible in the process listing. Use ``password-secret``
- instead.
-
``password-secret=<secret-id>``
Set the ID of the ``secret`` object containing the password
you need to authenticate.
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 72f8f1681c6..76f7c2bc3d1 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -412,9 +412,6 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts = {
.name = "unix",
.type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
#endif
- },{
- .name = "password",
- .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
},{
.name = "password-secret",
.type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
@@ -666,20 +663,8 @@ static void qemu_spice_init(void)
}
passwordSecret = qemu_opt_get(opts, "password-secret");
if (passwordSecret) {
- if (qemu_opt_get(opts, "password")) {
- error_report("'password' option is mutually exclusive with "
- "'password-secret'");
- exit(1);
- }
password = qcrypto_secret_lookup_as_utf8(passwordSecret,
&error_fatal);
- } else {
- str = qemu_opt_get(opts, "password");
- if (str) {
- warn_report("'password' option is deprecated and insecure, "
- "use 'password-secret' instead");
- password = g_strdup(str);
- }
}
if (tls_port) {
--
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