CVE-2024-31144

CVE-2024-31144 affects Xen/Xapi backup/restore of VM/SR metadata via a VDI metadata store. The vulnerability arises because the host searches VDI images to locate the metadata VDI and restore metadata; a malicious guest can manipulate its disk to appear as a metadata backup, potentially causing m...

XenServer metadata restore failed "No valid Btrfs found on <metadata backup vdi path> Superblock bytenr is larger than device size <vm import command>

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pvcreate --restorefile fails "/dev/sdx device not found or ignored by filtering" in XenServer

When trying to restore the lvm metadata on a Physical volume from backup using the command pvcreate --restorefile, it is failing with the error /dev/sdx device not found...