Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kvm
Hello,
I am not sure where to file this wish. udev or kvm? I'll try on kvm first. I
found that bug/wish on feisty/tribe 2.
The device /dev/kvm belongs to root:root which renders it unusable from
ordinary users. I recommend to give it group-ownership to a new group
"kvm" via udev's 40-permissions.rules. As access to /dev/kvm might
invole security risks (users VMs are executed within kernel / CPU ), I
would not give the group-ownership to "users" and I would not default
new users to that group.
rgds,
Andreas
# diff -u /root/40-permissions.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules
--- /root/40-permissions.rules 2007-07-22 15:29:33.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules 2007-07-22 15:30:09.000000000
+0200
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", GROUP="cdrom"
KERNEL=="ht[0-9]*", GROUP="tape"
KERNEL=="nht[0-9]*", GROUP="tape"
+KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm"
# IEEE1394 (firewire) devices
# Please note that raw1394 gives unrestricted, raw access to every single
Maybe it's related to #87634.
** Affects: kvm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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kvm: access to /dev/kvm should have a different group-ownership
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127704
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