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vmm: Add privilege checks to vmmctl operations
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Authored by markj on Jan 16 2026, 4:29 PM.
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In preparation for supporting creation of VMs by unprivileged users, add
some restrictions:

  • Disallow creation of non-transient VMs by unprivileged users. That is, if an unprivileged user creates a VM, the VM must be destroyed automatically once the last fd referencing it is gone.
  • Disallow destroying VMs created by a different user, unless the caller has the PRIV_VMM_DESTROY privilege.

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 20 2026, 2:29 PM
This revision now requires review to proceed.Feb 16 2026, 3:45 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 19 2026, 5:14 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.