Hello,
If we want to use a shared folder between the guest and the host system on kvm/qemu, we need to enable shared memory in the vm settings.
Doesn’t this create a security risk for the host system? Can malicious stuff pass from the guest to the host system this way? How safe for the host system is this?
Thank you.
Hi,
Since no one else seems to be able to answer my question after all this time I’ve posted it, can you help please?
Thanks.
Isn’t this about Virtualization? There is a section for Virtualization and that looks much more applicable then just Applications. At least if you want Virtualization gurus to look into this.
@alexsec shared memory is not needed for file sharing? What is the guest operating system?
Edit, unless using virtiofs…
Both the host and the guest systems are openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Below are the instructions on how to enable a shared folder on qemu/kvm.
@alexsec I just use sshfs to mount a remote filesystem to a linux guest, else you should be fine with virtiofs, AFAIK it’s just a backend.
