Hello,
On 2008-09-01, Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The hardening feature ensures that only trusted modules can be loaded by
> the VM.
Latest svn (11908) behaves in a way that even *without* hardening only root can
access /dev/vboxdrv.
out/linux.x86/release/bin/src/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c, near line 685.
I think it's just a typo and it should be "#ifdef" instead of "#ifndef".
#v+
--- SUPDrv-linux.c.orig 2008-09-02 21:12:11.000000000 +0200
+++ SUPDrv-linux.c 2008-09-02 21:01:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
PSUPDRVSESSION pSession;
Log(("VBoxDrvLinuxCreate: pFilp=%p pid=%d/%d %s\n", pFilp, RTProcSelf(),
current->pid, current->comm));
-#ifndef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
/*
* Only root is allowed to access the device, enforce it!
*/
#v-
With this applied, it works well again. But perhaps I misunderstood ...
Regards,
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