Public bug reported:
I set up an Ivanti Pulse Secure VPN using network-manager-openconnect-
gnome.
When trying to connect to the VPN (protocol=pulse), I see the following
errors in syslog:
2026-09-29T13:21:44.288669+02:00 pc NetworkManager[835798]: <info>
[1790680904.2880]
vpn[0x580a257a9390,396cb709-4052-49bc-bc92-9c99e8f2058e,"VPN"]: starting
openconnect
2026-09-29T13:22:06.284280+02:00 pc openconnect[845127]: Failed to open
/dev/vhost-net: Permission denied
2026-09-29T13:23:06.141547+02:00 pc nm-openconnect-service[844540]: Connect
timer expired, disconnecting.
2026-09-29T13:23:06.152890+02:00 pc openconnect[845127]: User cancelled
(SIGINT/SIGTERM); exiting.
This is *not* what I expect. What I expect is that the connection comes
up.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Release: 26.04
alex@pc:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager-openconnect
network-manager-openconnect:
Installed: 1.2.10-4.1
Candidate: 1.2.10-4.1
Version table:
*** 1.2.10-4.1 500
500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
When I connect from the CLI with sudo openconnect --protocol=pulse etc,
the connection comes up. Looks like a permission problem in the package?
alex@pc:~$ ls -la /dev/vhost-*
crw-rw---- 1 root kvm 10, 238 Sep 29 13:24 /dev/vhost-net
crw-rw---- 1 root kvm 10, 241 Sep 7 10:38 /dev/vhost-vsock
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: network-manager-openconnect 1.2.10-4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-31.31-generic 7.0.14
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 30 09:09:18 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-09-03 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64
(20260826)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: network-manager-openconnect
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.dbus-1.system.d.nm-openconnect-service.conf: [deleted]
** Affects: network-manager-openconnect (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute wayland-session
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