#674410 Please add vhost-net device to udev rule

Package:
qemu-kvm
Source:
qemu
Submitter:
Wolfram Gloger
Date:
2025-07-28 19:57:08 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#674410#5
Date:
2012-05-24 12:45:05 UTC
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Please consider the appended patch for the udev rule file,
so that group kvm can use vhost-net.

Regards,
Wolfram.
--- debian/qemu-kvm.udev~	2012-01-19 09:10:34.000000000 +0100
+++ debian/qemu-kvm.udev	2012-05-24 14:39:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -1 +1 @@
-KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660"
+KERNEL=="kvm|vhost-net", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660"
#674410#10
Date:
2012-05-24 13:13:20 UTC
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merge 674410 674413
tags 674410 + wontfix
thanks

24.05.2012 16:52, Wolfram Gloger wrote:

My opinion is that vhost-net should be in its own group, due to
extra possible security implications and because, just like with
/dev/kvm, this rules file does not belong to qemu[-kvm] package,
since qemu is not only user of these devices.

I don't, however, just refuse to fix this bug - I see the need to
do something like that, and hopefully will address this in the near
future.

Thanks,

/mjt
#674410#19
Date:
2012-05-24 13:46:10 UTC
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Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> writes:

I see, but as long as we do have the file in qemu-kvm, something should
be done IMHO.

Good, thanks a lot!

Regards,
Wolfram.
#674410#24
Date:
2016-10-06 21:19:36 UTC
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