The branch main has been updated by markj:

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https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c71354030a26900e564f0c80a8abdff7e77b3c9e

commit c71354030a26900e564f0c80a8abdff7e77b3c9e
Author:     Mark Johnston <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-16 14:56:25 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-02-16 15:28:49 +0000

    vmm: Allow the use of PCI passthrough in a jail
    
    After commit e11768e94787 ("vmm: Add PRIV_DRIVER checks for passthru
    ioctls"), it is not possible to use PCI passthru from jails, as
    PRIV_DRIVER is not granted to jails.  Apparently some users expect this
    to work, understanding that jailing bhyve provides little security
    benefit in this configuration.
    
    I believe we should disable ppt access in jails even when allow.vmm is
    configured.  To provide an escape hatch for users, add a new
    allow.vmm_ppt jail configuration knob, and check it when handling ppt
    ioctls in jails.  Also add a new PRIV_VMM_PPTDEV to replace the use of
    PRIV_DRIVER.
    
    PR:             292750
    Reviewed by:    corvink
    MFC after:      2 weeks
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Sponsored by:   Klara, Inc.
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55066
---
 sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_dev_machdep.c | 14 +++++++-------
 sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c           | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.h           |  2 +-
 sys/kern/kern_jail.c            |  7 +++++++
 sys/sys/priv.h                  |  7 ++++++-
 usr.sbin/jail/jail.8            | 11 +++++++++++
 6 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_dev_machdep.c b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_dev_machdep.c
index b84be809ea24..55fccf8f25b2 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_dev_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_dev_machdep.c
@@ -125,15 +125,15 @@ const struct vmmdev_ioctl vmmdev_machdep_ioctls[] = {
 
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_BIND_PPTDEV,
            VMMDEV_IOCTL_XLOCK_MEMSEGS | VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS |
-           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
+           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_UNBIND_PPTDEV,
            VMMDEV_IOCTL_XLOCK_MEMSEGS | VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS |
-           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
+           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
 
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_MAP_PPTDEV_MMIO, VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS |
-           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
+           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_UNMAP_PPTDEV_MMIO, VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS |
-           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
+           VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
 #ifdef BHYVE_SNAPSHOT
 #ifdef COMPAT_FREEBSD13
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_SNAPSHOT_REQ_13, VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS),
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ const struct vmmdev_ioctl vmmdev_machdep_ioctls[] = {
 
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_LAPIC_LOCAL_IRQ, VMMDEV_IOCTL_MAYBE_ALLOC_VCPU),
 
-       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_MSI, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
-       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_MSIX, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
-       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_DISABLE_MSIX, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER),
+       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_MSI, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
+       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_MSIX, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
+       VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_PPTDEV_DISABLE_MSIX, VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT),
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_LAPIC_MSI, 0),
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_IOAPIC_ASSERT_IRQ, 0),
        VMMDEV_IOCTL(VM_IOAPIC_DEASSERT_IRQ, 0),
diff --git a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
index 09fd3a9048bd..0df21402683d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static bool vmm_initialized = false;
 
 static SLIST_HEAD(, vmmdev_softc) head;
 
-static unsigned pr_allow_flag;
+static unsigned int pr_allow_vmm_flag, pr_allow_vmm_ppt_flag;
 static struct sx vmmdev_mtx;
 SX_SYSINIT(vmmdev_mtx, &vmmdev_mtx, "vmm device mutex");
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static int
 vmm_priv_check(struct ucred *ucred)
 {
        if (jailed(ucred) &&
-           !(ucred->cr_prison->pr_allow & pr_allow_flag))
+           (ucred->cr_prison->pr_allow & pr_allow_vmm_flag) == 0)
                return (EPERM);
 
        return (0);
@@ -459,8 +459,11 @@ vmmdev_ioctl(struct cdev *cdev, u_long cmd, caddr_t data, 
int fflag,
        if (ioctl == NULL)
                return (ENOTTY);
 
-       if ((ioctl->flags & VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER) != 0) {
-               error = priv_check(td, PRIV_DRIVER);
+       if ((ioctl->flags & VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT) != 0) {
+               if (jailed(td->td_ucred) && (td->td_ucred->cr_prison->pr_allow &
+                   pr_allow_vmm_ppt_flag) == 0)
+                       return (EPERM);
+               error = priv_check(td, PRIV_VMM_PPTDEV);
                if (error != 0)
                        return (error);
        }
@@ -1178,9 +1181,12 @@ vmmdev_init(void)
        sx_xlock(&vmmdev_mtx);
        error = make_dev_p(MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME, &vmmctl_cdev, &vmmctlsw, NULL,
            UID_ROOT, GID_WHEEL, 0600, "vmmctl");
-       if (error == 0)
-               pr_allow_flag = prison_add_allow(NULL, "vmm", NULL,
-                   "Allow use of vmm in a jail.");
+       if (error == 0) {
+               pr_allow_vmm_flag = prison_add_allow(NULL, "vmm", NULL,
+                   "Allow use of vmm in a jail");
+               pr_allow_vmm_ppt_flag = prison_add_allow(NULL, "vmm_ppt", NULL,
+                   "Allow use of vmm with ppt devices in a jail");
+       }
        sx_xunlock(&vmmdev_mtx);
 
        return (error);
diff --git a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.h b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.h
index f8f637fda687..4b971d88f80e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.h
+++ b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct vmmdev_ioctl {
 #define        VMMDEV_IOCTL_LOCK_ALL_VCPUS     0x08
 #define        VMMDEV_IOCTL_ALLOC_VCPU         0x10
 #define        VMMDEV_IOCTL_MAYBE_ALLOC_VCPU   0x20
-#define        VMMDEV_IOCTL_PRIV_CHECK_DRIVER  0x40
+#define        VMMDEV_IOCTL_PPT                0x40
        int             flags;
 };
 
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
index 5111b98bf221..369b6aca926c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
@@ -4736,6 +4736,13 @@ prison_priv_check(struct ucred *cred, int priv)
                else
                        return (EPERM);
 
+       case PRIV_VMM_PPTDEV:
+               /*
+                * Allow jailed root to manage passthrough devices.  vmm(4) also
+                * checks for the dynamically added allow.vmm_ppt.
+                */
+               return (0);
+
        default:
                /*
                 * In all remaining cases, deny the privilege request.  This
diff --git a/sys/sys/priv.h b/sys/sys/priv.h
index 9c493629f7cf..1ad6a4882ffc 100644
--- a/sys/sys/priv.h
+++ b/sys/sys/priv.h
@@ -535,10 +535,15 @@
 #define        PRIV_VERIEXEC_NOVERIFY  701     /* Can override O_VERIFY */
 #define        PRIV_VERIEXEC_CONTROL   702     /* Can configure veriexec */
 
+/*
+ * vmm privileges.
+ */
+#define        PRIV_VMM_PPTDEV         710     /* Can manipulate ppt devices. 
*/
+
 /*
  * Track end of privilege list.
  */
-#define        _PRIV_HIGHEST           703
+#define        _PRIV_HIGHEST           711
 
 /*
  * Validate that a named privilege is known by the privilege system.  Invalid
diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
index 45eb7dea096d..adba3f34101b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
@@ -833,6 +833,17 @@ The jail may access
 This flag is only available when the
 .Xr vmm 4
 kernel module is loaded.
+.It Va allow.vmm_ppt
+The jail may configure PCI passtrough devices for use by
+.Xr vmm 4
+virtual machine guests.
+This allows privileged users inside the jail to manipulate physical devices
+claimed by the
+.Dv ppt
+driver, and thus must not be configured in untrusted jails.
+This flag is only available when the
+.Xr vmm 4
+kernel module is loaded.
 .It Va linux
 Determine how a jail's Linux emulation environment appears.
 A value of

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