qemu-bridge-helper missing from qemu-kvm or elsewhere
Bug #1202839 reported by
Justin Cormack
This bug affects 6 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Saucy |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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1. Impact: qemu-bridge helper is not present for users to configure if they
wish.
2. Development fix: re-introduce the qemu-bridge-helper
3. Stable fix: same as development fix
4. Test case: ls -l /usr/lib/
5. Regression potential: none, we just re-add the file.
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In Qantal the qemu-bridge-helper was in the qemu-kvm package, see http://
In Raring, it does not appear to be in any package, so it seems to be impossible to create a VM attached to a bridge.
Related branches
Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Low → Medium |
Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
no longer affects: | qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Raring) |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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Note that in quantal that file is shipped without CAP_NET_ADMIN and not suid-root. Therefore it was useless to its intended purpose there.
The point of that file is to allow unprivileged users to create tap devices for their VMs. You can create tap devices yourself for that purpose easily, or use libvirt to do it for you.
Shipping this file and a bridge.conf configuration file isn't out of the question, but would need to be vetted by the security team.