Bug#1112660: Regression: udev TAG+="uaccess" ACLs not applied to /dev/hidraw* at boot (systemd 258~rc3-1)

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: reassign -1 solaar 1.1.14-4
Control: retitle -1 solaar: udev rule does not handle 'change' actions

On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:21:36 +0200 Martin Scheiblhofer
<martin.scheiblhofer at gmx.at> wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 258~rc3-1 (new system) vs 257.7-1 (old system)
> Severity: important
> Tags: regression
> 
> Dear maintainers,
> 
> After upgrading from systemd 257.7-1 to systemd 258~rc3-1 on Debian
> testing, udev's TAG+="uaccess" ACLs are no longer applied to
> /dev/hidraw* during boot/coldplug on my machine. As a result, the
> Solaar GUI (running as the desktop user) does not see the Logitech
> receivers at login. The ACLs are applied only after either:

The udev rules in Solaar are not up to date with the old kernel changes
that required switching the actions around, and this needs to be fixed
there. IE, it needs to handle 'change' action types too. This was
changed by the kernel a long long time ago, so it's pure luck that it
didn't affect the package so far.

See:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/5a8b9fd49f7602c19b56deb8cc0efd23e0aa8e2a/NEWS#L22