Changeset 44594 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support

Timestamp:

Feb 8, 2013 8:53:41 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

83672

Message:

HostDrivers, Installer/linux: properly handle the unrestricted device

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c

@@ -485 +485 @@
 #ifdef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
     /*
-     * Only root is allowed to access the device, enforce it!
-     */
-    if (vboxdrvLinuxEuid() != 0 /* root */ )
+     * Only root is allowed to access the unrestricted device, enforce it!
+     */
+    if (   fUnrestricted
+        && vboxdrvLinuxEuid() != 0 /* root */ )
     {
         Log(("VBoxDrvLinuxCreate: euid=%d, expected 0 (root)\n", vboxdrvLinuxEuid()));