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| author | Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-04-01 09:25:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-04-01 11:16:14 +0000 |
| commit | f3c772361f3b6213ec7ae7de993b6953357c7b48 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d173d2693f0a48ca644baa19d24bd5040c4793b | |
| parent | c6a1c1260f02e44b7f44b1e3735ce5dbd785544d (diff) | |
vmm: Restore the ability to create VMs as root in a jail
The new PRIV_VMM_CREATE and DESTROY permissions should be allowed by
jails, so need to be added to the list in prison_priv_check(). Then,
modify vmmdev_create() to verify that the jail was created with the
allow.vmm flag. This is already verified when opening /dev/vmmctl, but
checking again doesn't hurt and ensures that one can't pass the
allow.vmm policy by passing a vmmctl fd along a unix domain socket from
outside the jail.
Rename vmm_priv_check() to vmm_jail_priv_check() to make the function's
purpose more clear.
Reported by: novel
Reviewed by: bnovkov
Fixes: d4c05edd410e ("vmm: Add privilege checks to vmmctl operations")
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56119
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/kern/kern_jail.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c index ed8e5b2e0777..a2775023838a 100644 --- a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c +++ b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int devmem_create_cdev(struct vmmdev_softc *sc, int id, char *devmem); static void vmmdev_destroy(struct vmmdev_softc *sc); static int -vmm_priv_check(struct ucred *ucred) +vmm_jail_priv_check(struct ucred *ucred) { if (jailed(ucred) && (ucred->cr_prison->pr_allow & pr_allow_vmm_flag) == 0) @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ vmmdev_open(struct cdev *dev, int flags, int fmt, struct thread *td) * A jail without vmm access shouldn't be able to access vmm device * files at all, but check here just to be thorough. */ - error = vmm_priv_check(td->td_ucred); + error = vmm_jail_priv_check(td->td_ucred); if (error != 0) return (error); @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ sysctl_vmm_destroy(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS) char *buf; int error, buflen; - error = vmm_priv_check(req->td->td_ucred); + error = vmm_jail_priv_check(req->td->td_ucred); if (error) return (error); @@ -1016,6 +1016,12 @@ vmmdev_create(const char *name, uint32_t flags, struct ucred *cred) "An unprivileged user must run VMs in monitor mode")); } + if ((error = vmm_jail_priv_check(cred)) != 0) { + sx_xunlock(&vmmdev_mtx); + return (EXTERROR(error, + "VMs cannot be created in the current jail")); + } + if (!chgvmmcnt(cred->cr_ruidinfo, 1, vm_maxvmms)) { sx_xunlock(&vmmdev_mtx); return (ENOMEM); @@ -1061,7 +1067,7 @@ sysctl_vmm_create(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS) if (!vmm_initialized) return (ENXIO); - error = vmm_priv_check(req->td->td_ucred); + error = vmm_jail_priv_check(req->td->td_ucred); if (error != 0) return (error); @@ -1126,7 +1132,7 @@ vmmctl_open(struct cdev *cdev, int flags, int fmt, struct thread *td) int error; struct vmmctl_priv *priv; - error = vmm_priv_check(td->td_ucred); + error = vmm_jail_priv_check(td->td_ucred); if (error != 0) return (error); diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c index 9f78cb42aeb1..384825b7f8ac 100644 --- a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c +++ b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c @@ -4736,6 +4736,14 @@ prison_priv_check(struct ucred *cred, int priv) else return (EPERM); + case PRIV_VMM_CREATE: + case PRIV_VMM_DESTROY: + /* + * Jailed root can create and destroy VMs; the vmm module + * additionally checks for the allow.vmm flag. + */ + return (0); + case PRIV_VMM_PPTDEV: /* * Allow jailed root to manage passthrough devices. vmm(4) also |
