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Hypothetical setup:
Let's say I run a virtual machine on top of Arch Linux to play games. PC contains two graphics cards specifically for that reason, one for the host and one passthrough for the guest.
Now I download all my games from shoddy russian torrent sites, so my question is: How secure is the host in case of a fuckup inside the guest? What are possible attack scenarios, and how can they be prevented?
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Depends if you use shared folders also your entire network would be vulnerable not just the host.
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>>62129943
It really depends
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>>62129943
There are some classic Windows LAN exploits that'd fuck up your entire home network if the VM has access to it, new are found every few months.
With shared folders then probably an attacker could mess up your shared folders, that's all.
I don't know of any exploits that allow an attacker to get control from inside of a VM and VMs are too niche to get ones developed anyway.
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>>62130134
Not op, but would those exploits even be a problem if all the machines were linux based?
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>>62129943
One can target your hypervisor for security issues but that's unlikely to be an problem with torrent games.
Also, depending on your VM interface config, it can reach your whole internal network.
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wine is easier to set up either way better than windows unless the only thing you do on it is gayme then even if your boobs get tits who cares
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>>62129943
It will be shit anyways.
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