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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rGf3c772361f3b: vmm: Restore the ability to create VMs as root in a jail

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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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markj created this revision.Mar 28 2026, 8:40 AM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B71760: Diff 174423.Mar 28 2026, 8:40 AM

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 31 2026, 8:23 PM

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sys/

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vmm/

vmm_dev.c

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kern/

kern_jail.c

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sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c