[packages/VirtualBox] add warning about udev rules being insecure (allowing you to access any usb device)

glen glen at pld-linux.org
Sat Mar 1 16:38:27 CET 2014


commit 37dbb4e161474ba500b4b064f612c31edb03afd3
Author: Elan Ruusamäe <glen at delfi.ee>
Date:   Sat Mar 1 17:37:41 2014 +0200

    add warning about udev rules being insecure (allowing you to access any usb device)

 udev.rules | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/udev.rules b/udev.rules
index e9dfda7..9718593 100644
--- a/udev.rules
+++ b/udev.rules
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 KERNEL=="vboxdrv",    GROUP="vbox", MODE="0660"
 KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", GROUP="vbox", MODE="0660"
 
+# these lines below give access permission to vbox users to properly work with usb nodes, enabling them could be security risk:
+# https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664520
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", ACTION=="add", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vbox"
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vbox"
 
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