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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:09:39 +0000
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Subject:   [Bug 273557] Regression preventing bhyve from running inside a jail without IP after f74147e26999838e03a522bf59ea33bef470d356) breaks support for jailing bhyve with IPv4 and IPv6 disabled. Patch included.
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--- Comment #13 from crest@rlwinm.de ---
The patch changes the bhyve tap network backend code invoked to open devices
with names starting with "tap" or "vmnet". Since the code is already exclus=
ive
to the if_tuntap driver in tap or vmnet mode I can't see any problem with
relying on one *more* driver specific ioctl(). As far as I can tell there i=
s no
possible configuration where the existing code works as intended, but the p=
atch
wouldn't also work.

Netlink sockets shouldn't offer any way for a bhyve process attached to a v=
net
enabled jail to even address network interface in its parent jail (normally=
 the
unjailed host) to bring it up (or down). Anything else would be a security
problem. The device file descriptor is the natural API endpoint to bring an
interface up. It is the capability to manipulate a tap device through the
single opening allowed per tap device (at a time). Having to query the tap
device for its interface name or index to reference the interface in a requ=
est
to change interface state by name or index is also a race condition since t=
he
interface could've been destroyed and its name or index reused. Using the f=
ile
descriptor precludes any race condition similar to funlinkat() vs unlinkat(=
).

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