Can't change VM network bridge after qm import

[etfz]

Hi,

After having imported an ESXi VM using qm import, (automatic NIC import) the newly created VM has no external bridge assigned (net0: vmxnet3=00:50:56:9e:9e:99), and attempting to change it using the web interface fails with the following error message:

no sdn vnet ID specified (500)

Setting it using qm set does work.

Using PVE 9.0.5.

 

[etfz]

This seems to be caused by no bridge ID being passed down the chain when verifying permissions.

No bridge ID is parsed here:
https://git.proxmox.com/?p=qemu-ser...48eb530ec1bb2e15ee839c4b64281fe;hb=HEAD#l6233

Which in turn happens because the VM did not get a bridge assigned during the import.

The reason it works on the command line is that permission checks are bypassed due to running as root.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
thank you for the report! I can reproduce the issue and will look into it.

EDIT: proposed fix: https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20251007130407.80850-2-f.ebner@proxmox.com/T/