deterministically prefer vendor shipped module over mainline

[packages/VirtualBox.git] / udev.rules

diff --git a/udev.rules b/udev.rules
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--- a/udev.rules
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@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 # udev rules for VirtualBox
+# Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/installer-common.sh
+
+# Devices in Host
 KERNEL=="vboxdrv",    GROUP="vbox", MODE="0660"
+# vboxdrvu -- the unrestricted device
+KERNEL=="vboxdrvu",   GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
 KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", GROUP="vbox", MODE="0660"
 
+# these lines below give access permission to vbox users to properly work with usb nodes, enabling them could be security risk:
+# https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664520
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", ACTION=="add", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vbox"
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vbox"
 
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="remove", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"
+
+# Devices in Guest, should use acl really
+KERNEL=="vboxguest",  GROUP="vbox", MODE="0600"
+KERNEL=="vboxuser",   GROUP="vbox", MODE="0666"