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vmm: Restore the ability to create VMs as root in a jail
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Authored by markj on Mar 28 2026, 8:40 AM.
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Summary

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.

Rename vmm_priv_check() to vmm_jail_priv_check() to make the function's
purpose more clear.

Reported by: novel
Fixes: d4c05edd410e ("vmm: Add privilege checks to vmmctl operations")

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