[Bug 256216] Re: Ubuntu is missing /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm group ownership udev rule

[Roland Dreier]

Seems like time is running out to address this in 8.10?

This isn't really a security issue -- the rdma_cm device node is
designed to be safe for unprivileged users to access, and Debian has
been shipping udev rules that give group "rdma" access for quite a while
with no reported security issues.  And given that no users are in group
"rdma" by default anyway, administrator intervention is required for
this to make a difference even with the patch applied.

I thought the objection was to having an "rdma" group, and I'd like to
make progress on some more acceptable alternative mechanism, but I need
some hint as to what that would be.

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Ubuntu is missing /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm group ownership udev rule
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256216
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