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Why a driverkit extension needs a CMIO extension
I developed a driverkit extension based on overriding-the-default-usb-video-class-extension, but the link didn’t give the details of realization. I asked DTS who gave two tips: 1, Do you also have a CMIO extension to load in place of the default overriding-the-default-usb-video-class-extension 2, Your DriverKit extension’s info.plist is also missing the CameraAssistantBundleID. I want to know why a driverkit extension needs a CMIO extension, what’s the data and control flow?
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How to toggle usb device
When I use IOKit/usb/IOUSBLib to toggle build-in camera, I got an ERROR:ret IOReturn -536870210 How can I resolve it? Can I use IOUSBLib to disable or hide build-in camera? My environment: Model Name: MacBook Pro ProductVersion: 15.5 Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,2 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number of Processors: 1 // 禁用/启用USB设备 bool toggleUSBDevice(uint16_t vendorID, uint16_t productID, bool enable) { std::cout << (enable ? "Enabling" : "Disabling") << " USB device with VID: 0x" << std::hex << vendorID << ", PID: 0x" << productID << std::endl; // 创建匹配字典查找指定VID/PID的USB设备 CFMutableDictionaryRef matchingDict = IOServiceMatching(kIOUSBDeviceClassName); if (!matchingDict) { std::cerr << "Failed to create USB device matching dictionary." << std::endl; return false; } // 设置VID/PID匹配条件 CFNumberRef vendorIDRef = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberSInt16Type, &vendorID); CFNumberRef productIDRef = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberSInt16Type, &productID); CFDictionarySetValue(matchingDict, CFSTR(kUSBVendorID), vendorIDRef); CFDictionarySetValue(matchingDict, CFSTR(kUSBProductID), productIDRef); CFRelease(vendorIDRef); CFRelease(productIDRef); // 获取匹配的设备迭代器 io_iterator_t deviceIterator; if (IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMainPortDefault, matchingDict, &deviceIterator) != KERN_SUCCESS) { std::cerr << "Failed to get USB device iterator." << std::endl; CFRelease(matchingDict); return false; } io_service_t usbDevice; bool result = false; int deviceCount = 0; // 遍历所有匹配的设备 while ((usbDevice = IOIteratorNext(deviceIterator)) != IO_OBJECT_NULL) { deviceCount++; // 获取设备路径 char path[1024]; if (IORegistryEntryGetPath(usbDevice, kIOServicePlane, path) == KERN_SUCCESS) { std::cout << "Found device at path: " << path << std::endl; } // 打开设备 IOCFPlugInInterface** plugInInterface = NULL; IOUSBDeviceInterface** deviceInterface = NULL; SInt32 score; IOReturn ret = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService( usbDevice, kIOUSBDeviceUserClientTypeID, kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID, &plugInInterface, &score); if (ret == kIOReturnSuccess && plugInInterface) { ret = (*plugInInterface)->QueryInterface(plugInInterface, CFUUIDGetUUIDBytes(kIOUSBDeviceInterfaceID), (LPVOID*)&deviceInterface); (*plugInInterface)->Release(plugInInterface); } if (ret != kIOReturnSuccess) { std::cerr << "Failed to open USB device interface. Error:" << ret << std::endl; IOObjectRelease(usbDevice); continue; } // 禁用/启用设备 if (enable) { // 启用设备 - 重新配置设备 ret = (*deviceInterface)->USBDeviceReEnumerate(deviceInterface, 0); if (ret == kIOReturnSuccess) { std::cout << "Device enabled successfully." << std::endl; result = true; } else { std::cerr << "Failed to enable device. Error: " << ret << std::endl; } } else { // 禁用设备 - 断开设备连接 ret = (*deviceInterface)->USBDeviceClose(deviceInterface); if (ret == kIOReturnSuccess) { std::cout << "Device disabled successfully." << std::endl; result = true; } else { std::cerr << "Failed to disable device. Error: " << ret << std::endl; } } // 关闭设备接口 (*deviceInterface)->Release(deviceInterface); IOObjectRelease(usbDevice); } IOObjectRelease(deviceIterator); if (deviceCount == 0) { std::cerr << "No device found with specified VID/PID." << std::endl; return false; } return result; }
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get Wi-Fi controller info
Hello, I'm trying to get a list of all network devices (device audit for DLP system). CFMutableDictionaryRef matchingDictionary = IOServiceMatching(kIONetworkControllerClass); if (matchingDictionary == nullptr) { std::cerr << "IOServiceMatching() returned empty matching dictionary" << std::endl; return 1; } io_iterator_t iter; if (kern_return_t kr = IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMasterPortDefault, matchingDictionary, &iter); kr != KERN_SUCCESS) { std::cerr << "IOServiceGetMatchingServices() failed" << std::endl; return 1; } io_service_t networkController; while ((networkController = IOIteratorNext(iter)) != IO_OBJECT_NULL) { std::cout << "network device: "; if (CFDataRef cfIOMACAddress = (CFDataRef) IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(networkController, CFSTR(kIOMACAddress), kCFAllocatorDefault, kNilOptions); cfIOMACAddress != nullptr) { std::vector<uint8_t> data(CFDataGetLength(cfIOMACAddress)); CFDataGetBytes(cfIOMACAddress, CFRangeMake(0, data.size()), data.data()); std::cout << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short)data[0] << ":" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short) data[1] << ":" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short) data[2] << ":" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short) data[3] << ":" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short) data[4] << ":" << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << (short) data[5]; CFRelease(cfIOMACAddress); } std::cout << std::endl; IOObjectRelease(networkController); } IOObjectRelease(iter); The Wi-Fi controller shows up in I/O Registry Explorer, but IOServiceGetMatchingServices() does not return any information about it. Any way to retrieve Wi-Fi controller info in daemon code? Thank you in advance!
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how to enumerate build-in media devices?
Hello, I need to enumerate built-in media devices (cameras, microphones, etc.). For this purpose, I am using the CoreAudio and CoreMediaIO frameworks. According to the table 'Daemon-Safe Frameworks' in Apple’s TN2083, CoreAudio is daemon-safe. However, the documentation does not mention CoreMediaIO. Can CoreMediaIO be used in a daemon? If not, are there any documented alternatives to detect built-in cameras in a daemon (e.g., via device classes in IOKit)? Thank you in advance, Pavel
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Does CMIO support "hide" build-in camera
Hi guys, Can I use CMIO to achieve the following feature on macOS when a USB device (Camera/Mic/Speaker) is connected: When a third-party video conferencing app is not in a meeting, ensure the app defaults to using the USB device (Camera/Mic/Speaker). When a third-party conferencing app is in a meeting, ensure the app automatically switches to the USB device (Camera/Mic/Speaker).
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May ’25
How to disable the built-in speakers and microphone on a Mac
I need to implement a solution through an API or custom driver to completely block out the built-in speakers and microphone of Mac, because I need other apps to use specified external devices as audio input and output. Is there a way to achieve this requirement? What I mean is that even in system preferences, it should not be possible to choose the built-in microphone and speakers; only my external device can be used.
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Apr ’25
Dext not initializing with a log "Failed to write extension load report plist"
When plugging in my matched USB device I see the logs below. It seems the kernelmanagerd process is sandboxed and can't write out the reason my Dext failed to load. Is there somewhere else I can look for this info? default 11:03:22.175152-0700 kernelmanagerd Received kext load notification: me.keithg.MyUserUSBInterfaceDriver default 11:03:22.177637-0700 kernel 1 duplicate report for Sandbox: icdd(2124) allow file-read-data /Library/Image Capture/Devices error 11:03:22.177681-0700 kernel Sandbox: kernelmanagerd(545) deny(1) file-write-create /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/com.apple.kernelmanagerd/TemporaryItems com.apple.libcoreservices error 11:03:22.177711-0700 kernelmanagerd mkdir: path=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/com.apple.kernelmanagerd/TemporaryItems/ mode= -rwx------: [1: Operation not permitted] error 11:03:22.179361-0700 kernel Sandbox: kernelmanagerd(545) deny(1) file-write-create /private/var/db/loadedkextmt.plist.sb-5a00fc77-LNttZF com.apple.libcoreservices error 11:03:22.177755-0700 kernelmanagerd _dirhelper_relative_internal: error for path <private>: [1: Operation not permitted] com.apple.accessories default 11:03:22.177674-0700 WindowServer Sending analytics event... (eventName: com.apple.ioport.transport.USB.published) error 11:03:22.179913-0700 kernelmanagerd Failed to write extension load report plist.
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Mar ’25
macOS + ARM + USB/C to get VCP code from external monitor via IOAVServiceReadI2C
Good morning, I'm encountering reliability issues with DDC/CI communication when using USB-C connection. Initially using ddc-hi (which uses this package), I ran into several issues that I've partially resolved but still need help addressing. Environment OS: macOS Display Connection: USB-C for _ in 1 ... (numOfRetryAttemps ?? 4) + 1 { for _ in 1 ... max((numOfWriteCycles ?? 2) + 0, 1) { usleep(writeSleepTime ?? 10000) success = IOAVServiceWriteI2C(service, UInt32(ARM64_DDC_7BIT_ADDRESS), UInt32(dataAddress), &packet, UInt32(packet.count)) == 0 } if !reply.isEmpty { usleep(readSleepTime ?? 50000) if IOAVServiceReadI2C(service, UInt32(ARM64_DDC_7BIT_ADDRESS), 0, &reply, UInt32(reply.count)) == 0 { success = self.checksum(chk: 0x50, data: &reply, start: 0, end: reply.count - 2) == reply[reply.count - 1] } } if success { return success } usleep(retrySleepTime ?? 20000) } The result from IOAVServiceReadI2C is not reliable in some cases. Do we have any other API to get VCP code from monitor like Intel version done. The previous APIs weren’t working anymore on the M1 GPU, the IOFramebuffer was now an IOMobileFramebuffer and the IOI2C* functions weren’t doing anything.
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Mar ’25
HID reports issue migrating from IOKit.hid to CoreHID
I have a command line utility I wrote that has been working great up until Sequoia that reads the macro keys from a Logitech G600 gaming mouse and turns it in to custom commands. it was using the following code, checking if usage was 0x80: IOHIDManagerRegisterInputValueCallback( g600HIDManager, { _, returnResult, callbackSender, valueRef in let elem = IOHIDValueGetElement(valueRef) let usage = IOHIDElementGetUsage(elem) let pressed = IOHIDValueGetIntegerValue(valueRef) Now i'm having issues with opening the HID manager: IOHIDManagerOpen(g600HIDManager, IOOptionBits.zero) After changing the system security from permissive to restrictive, It's giving the error code 0xE00002E2, or no permission. I can't easily add the sandbox entitlements as this is just a simple CLI application, not a bundled app, and even after setting back to csrutil disable, i'm still getting this error. So now i'm trying to turn it in to a bundled app and use CoreHID instead. Unfortunately I'm not getting any notifications that aren't the mouse itself. From the above code that was working before, i was looking for usage values of 0x80. I'm guessing that directly corresponds to the usage 0x80 in the HID descriptor. I am receiving notifications via await deviceClient!.monitorNotifications(reportIDsToMonitor: [] , elementsToMonitor: [] ) which should pick up everything for the device. I know the usage i'm looking for is referenced in the device client because it's in the deviceClient.elements collection. So is there something in CoreHID that specifically blocks Vendor specified Usage pages from being picked up by notifications? I've also tried just requesting the elements using let elemToMon = await deviceClient?.elements.filter({ ele in return ele.usage.page == 0xFF80 && ele.usage.usage == 0x80 }) let request = HIDDeviceClient.RequestElementUpdate(elements: elemToMon!) let results = await deviceClient!.updateElements([request]) but that call errors (still trying to figure out exactly how it errors). Any help would be appreciated, either in figuring out why i'm not getting the HID reports in question using CoreHID, or even what has changed that is causing me to not be able to use IOKit.hid anymore. Thanks in advance! For reference, here's the decoded HID descriptor: 0x05, 0x01, // Usage Page (Generic Desktop Ctrls) 0x09, 0x06, // Usage (Keyboard) 0xA1, 0x01, // Collection (Application) 0x85, 0x01, // Report ID (1) 0x05, 0x07, // Usage Page (Kbrd/Keypad) 0x19, 0xE0, // Usage Minimum (0xE0) 0x29, 0xE7, // Usage Maximum (0xE7) 0x15, 0x00, // Logical Minimum (0) 0x25, 0x01, // Logical Maximum (1) 0x75, 0x01, // Report Size (1) 0x95, 0x08, // Report Count (8) 0x81, 0x02, // Input (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position) 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) 0x95, 0x05, // Report Count (5) 0x15, 0x00, // Logical Minimum (0) 0x26, 0xA4, 0x00, // Logical Maximum (164) 0x19, 0x00, // Usage Minimum (0x00) 0x2A, 0xA4, 0x00, // Usage Maximum (0xA4) 0x81, 0x00, // Input (Data,Array,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position) 0xC0, // End Collection 0x06, 0x80, 0xFF, // Usage Page (Vendor Defined 0xFF80) 0x09, 0x80, // Usage (0x80) 0xA1, 0x01, // Collection (Application) 0x85, 0x80, // Report ID (-128) 0x09, 0x80, // Usage (0x80) 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) 0x95, 0x05, // Report Count (5) 0x81, 0x02, // Input (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position) 0x85, 0xF6, // Report ID (-10) 0x09, 0xF6, // Usage (0xF6) 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) 0x95, 0x07, // Report Count (7) 0x81, 0x02, // Input (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position) 0x85, 0xF0, // Report ID (-16) 0x09, 0xF0, // Usage (0xF0) 0x95, 0x03, // Report Count (3) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF1, // Report ID (-15) 0x09, 0xF1, // Usage (0xF1) 0x95, 0x07, // Report Count (7) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF2, // Report ID (-14) 0x09, 0xF2, // Usage (0xF2) 0x95, 0x04, // Report Count (4) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF3, // Report ID (-13) 0x09, 0xF3, // Usage (0xF3) 0x95, 0x99, // Report Count (-103) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF4, // Report ID (-12) 0x09, 0xF4, // Usage (0xF4) 0x95, 0x99, // Report Count (-103) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF5, // Report ID (-11) 0x09, 0xF5, // Usage (0xF5) 0x95, 0x99, // Report Count (-103) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF6, // Report ID (-10) 0x09, 0xF6, // Usage (0xF6) 0x95, 0x07, // Report Count (7) 0xB1, 0x02, // Feature (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position,Non-volatile) 0x85, 0xF7, // Report ID (-9) 0x09, 0xF7, // Usage (0xF7) 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size (8) 0x95, 0x1F, // Report Count (31) 0x81, 0x02, // Input (Data,Var,Abs,No Wrap,Linear,Preferred State,No Null Position) 0xC0, // End Collection
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Mar ’25
Use of Undocumented IOKit APIs
I'm writing some code, intended to be run on macOS (not IOS). My code could greatly benefit from using IOReport, which is an undocumented IOKit API for obtaining various metrics like energy consumption on an Apple processor. I don't plan to submit my program to the App Store, but I do plan on making the Git repo containing my code public. My understanding is that using undocumented IOKit APIs is strictly forbidden for IOS or macOS applications intended to be made available on the App Store. But what about programs not intended to be submitted to the App Store, like in my case? I'm wondering if anybody knows what Apple's policy is regarding using undocumented APIs in such a way on macOS.
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Feb ’25
Which IOUserClient entitlements are really required?
Hello @all I'm develop a DriverKit driver extension and without entitlement checks by OS everything runs fine. But if the entitlements check is enabled in the NVRAM then I get an error due connecting my IOUserClient instance. Which entitlements are really and exactly required for my driver? My driver contains: one IOUserClient instance and multiple IOUserSerial instances The bundle identifier of the driver ist: org.eof.tools.VSPDriver The bundle identifier of the client app org.eof.tools.VSPInstall My entire source code is available on GitHub if any one want to dive deep in :) kernel[0:5107] () [VSPDriver]: NewUserClient called. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPDriver]: CreateUserClient: create VSP user client from Info.plist. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: init called. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: init finished. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPDriver]: CreateUserClient: check VSPUserClient type. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPDriver]: CreateUserClient: success. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPDriver]: NewUserClient finished. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: Start: called. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: User client successfully started. kernel[0:389f] DK: VSPUserClient-0x100001127:UC failed userclient-access check, needed bundle ID org.eof.tools.VSPDriver kernel[0:389f] DK: VSPUserClient-0x100001127:UC entitlements check failed kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: Stop called. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: User client successfully removed. kernel[0:5107] () [VSPUserClient]: free called. Here my drivers entitlement file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.allow-third-party-userclients</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.family.serial</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> Here my drivers Info.plist file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_NAME)</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_PACKAGE_TYPE)</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1</string> <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key> <string>Copyright © 2025 by EoF Software Labs</string> <key>OSBundleUsageDescription</key> <string>Provide virtual serial port</string> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.allow-any-userclient-access</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.communicates-with-drivers</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.redistributable</key> <true/> <key>OSBundleLibraries</key> <dict> <key>com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily</key> <string>1.0</string> </dict> <key>IOKitPersonalities</key> <dict> <key>VSPDriver</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifierKernel</key> <string>com.apple.kpi.iokit</string> <key>IOMatchCategory</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOUserResources</string> <key>IOResourceMatch</key> <string>IOKit</string> <key>IOProbeScore</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IOClass</key> <string>IOUserService</string> <key>IOUserClass</key> <string>VSPDriver</string> <key>IOUserServerName</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> <key>UserClientProperties</key> <dict> <key>IOClass</key> <string>IOUserUserClient</string> <key>IOUserClass</key> <string>VSPUserClient</string> </dict> <key>SerialPortProperties</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifierKernel</key> <string>com.apple.driver.driverkit.serial</string> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOSerialStreamSync</string> <key>IOClass</key> <string>IOUserSerial</string> <key>IOUserClass</key> <string>VSPSerialPort</string> <key>HiddenPort</key> <false/> <key>IOTTYBaseName</key> <string>vsp</string> <key>IOTTYSuffix</key> <string>0</string> </dict> </dict> </dict> </dict> </plist> Here the entitlements of the client app <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.allow-third-party-userclients</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.communicates-with-drivers</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.shared-with-you</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.install</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key> <array> <string>$(TeamIdentifierPrefix).org.eof.apps</string> </array> </dict> </plist> Here the Info.plist of the client app: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_NAME)</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_PACKAGE_TYPE)</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1</string> <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key> <string>$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)</string> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.install</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.install</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.uninstall</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.developer.driverkit.userclient-access</key> <array> <string>VSPDriver</string> </array> <key>com.apple.private.driverkit.driver-access</key> <array> <string>VSPDriver</string> </array> <key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.iokit-user-client-class</key> <array> <string>IOUserUserClient</string> </array> </dict> </plist>
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Mar ’25
MacOS 15.3: Unable to get IOUSBDeviceInterface object when IOKit notification is received for USB Device connection for USB Device monitoring.
Our product is using IOKit framework for monitoring USB device activities. We have used IOKit framework for getting the notification for USB plugin and un-plugins. With the macOS version 15.3 we are started seeing issue with it. When the notification is received during USB plugin/connection, we are unable to get IOUSBDeviceInterface object which will be used for further processing. Currently we are seeing the below error every time, while trying to create the IO plugin interface using IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService API:
 create plugin Error: (0xe00002be): (iokit/common) resource shortage Due to this the we are unable to proceed with the flow further and the entire flow is broken. These logics work fine in macOS version 15.2 and lower versions without any issues. logic used: USBDevice::initInterfaceInterfaceByIOService(io_service_t entry) { IOCFPlugInInterface** plugInInterface = NULL; IOUSBInterfaceInterface** interface = NULL; SInt32 score = 0; mach_error_code err = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService(entry, kIOUSBInterfaceUserClientTypeID, kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID, &plugInInterface, &score); if ((err != 0) || (!plugInInterface)) { os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "Unable to create plugin \n"); return nullptr; } auto result = (*plugInInterface)->QueryInterface(plugInInterface, CFUUIDGetUUIDBytes(kIOUSBInterfaceInterfaceID), (LPVOID*)&interface); (*plugInInterface)->Release(plugInInterface); if (result || !interface) { os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "Unable to create interface \n"); return nullptr; } return interface; }
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Feb ’25