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docs: Document security implications of debugging 

Now that the GDB stub explicitly implements reading host files (note
that it was already possible by changing the emulated code to open and
read those files), concerns may arise that it undermines security.

Document the status quo, which is that the users are already
responsible for securing the GDB connection themselves.

Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <20230621203627.1808446-8-iii@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <20230630180423.558337-38-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
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@ -214,3 +214,18 @@ The memory mode can be checked by sending the following command:
``maintenance packet Qqemu.PhyMemMode:0``
This will change it back to normal memory mode.
Security considerations
=======================
Connecting to the GDB socket allows running arbitrary code inside the guest;
in case of the TCG emulation, which is not considered a security boundary, this
also means running arbitrary code on the host. Additionally, when debugging
qemu-user, it allows directly downloading any file readable by QEMU from the
host.
The GDB socket is not protected by authentication, authorization or encryption.
It is therefore a responsibility of the user to make sure that only authorized
clients can connect to it, e.g., by using a unix socket with proper
permissions, or by opening a TCP socket only on interfaces that are not
reachable by potential attackers.