VirtualBox

Opened 14 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

#6489 closed defect (obsolete)

USB camera always enabled

Reported by: mwisnicki Owned by:
Component: USB Version: VirtualBox 3.1.6
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Windows

Description (last modified by aeichner)

I have USB2 (UVC-compatible) webcam connected to my host that has activity led indicating whether camera is enabled.

Whenever I start virtual machine my camera's led turns on and stays that way until VM shutdown. This happens even if I completely disable USB support in VM configuration.
I can still use camera in host system but it's really annoying and has security/privacy implications - I wouldn't know if some malware was observing me ;)

At the very least USB devices should not be molested if USB is disabled. It would be even nicer if that was true with USB enabled - for every device that is not attached to any running guest.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by mwisnicki, 14 years ago

Host is Windows 7 x64

comment:2 by aeichner, 8 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: obsolete
Status: newclosed

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.

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