xen-tools

Description:Xen tools including QEMU and xl
License: GPL-2
Homepage:https://xenproject.org
Location:Portage
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  • M - hardmask
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USE flags

  • api - Build the C libxenapi bindings
  • debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
  • doc - Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
  • hvm - Enable support for hardware based virtualization (VT-x,AMD-v)
  • ipxe - Enable ipxe support
  • lzma - Support for LZMA (de)compression algorithm
  • ocaml - Add support/bindings for the Ocaml language
  • ovmf - Enable support to boot UEFI guest vm, needed by hvm
  • pygrub - Install the pygrub boot loader
  • python - Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
  • python_single_target_python3_10 - Build for Python 3.10 only
  • python_single_target_python3_11 - Build for Python 3.11 only
  • python_single_target_python3_9 - Build for Python 3.9 only
  • qemu - Enable IOEMU support via the use of qemu-dm
  • qemu-traditional - Build the old qemu traditional device model (useful only if you cannot change to the new device model e.g. Windows VMs)
  • rombios - Enable rombios support, needed by ipxe
  • screen - Enable support for running domain U console in an app-misc/screen session
  • sdl - Add support for Simple Direct Layer (media library)
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
  • system-ipxe - Using sys-firmware/ipxe instead of the bundled one
  • system-qemu - Using app-emulation/qemu instead of the bundled one
  • system-seabios - Using sys-firmware/seabios instead of the bundled one
  • systemd - Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking
  • zstd - Enable support for ZSTD compression

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
over 1 year high Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities
over 3 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 3 years normal Xen: Buffer overflow
over 3 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 4 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 4 years high Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 5 years normal Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities
over 5 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 6 years high Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 6 years high Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 7 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 7 years normal Xen: Privilege Escalation
about 7 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 7 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 7 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 8 years normal Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 10 years high Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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