Changeset 59336 in vbox

Timestamp:

Jan 14, 2016 11:29:52 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

ExtPackManagerImpl.cpp: Refuse to load extpacks older than 4.3.16 because of accidental USB incompatibility.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-all/ExtPackManagerImpl.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Main/src-all/ExtPackManagerImpl.cpp

@@ -1278 +1278 @@
                                  m->Desc.strName.c_str(), strSavedName.c_str());
         m->Desc.strName = strSavedName;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Check for possibly incompatible extpack versions.
+     *
+     * In 4.3.16 (actually r95499) the VUSBIROOTHUBCONNECTOR interface changed without
+     * also changing the UUID, with the result that our EHCI device could crash the
+     * host process.  Since this was from before VBOXEXTPACKREG::uVBoxFullVersion was
+     * added, the check isn't all that generic.
+     */
+    if (   m->Desc.strName.equals("Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack")
+        && RTStrVersionCompare(m->Desc.strVersion.c_str(), "4.3.16") < 0)
+    {
+        m->strWhyUnusable.printf(tr("Incompatible extension pack (version '%s'), please update"), m->Desc.strVersion.c_str());
         return;
     }