* is initialised to NULL by the caller.
* @fc indicates the new filesystem context.
* @src_fc indicates the original filesystem context.
+ * Return 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
* @fs_context_parse_param:
* Userspace provided a parameter to configure a superblock. The LSM may
* reject it with an error and may use it for itself, in which case it
* should return 0; otherwise it should return -ENOPARAM to pass it on to
* the filesystem.
* @fc indicates the filesystem context.
- * @param The parameter
+ * @param The parameter.
*
* Security hooks for filesystem operations.
*
* Free memory associated with @mnt_ops.
* @sb_eat_lsm_opts:
* Eat (scan @orig options) and save them in @mnt_opts.
+ * Return 0 on success, negative values on failure.
* @sb_statfs:
* Check permission before obtaining filesystem statistics for the @mnt
* mountpoint.
* @flags contains the mount flags.
* @data contains the filesystem-specific data.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @sb_copy_data:
- * Allow mount option data to be copied prior to parsing by the filesystem,
- * so that the security module can extract security-specific mount
- * options cleanly (a filesystem may modify the data e.g. with strsep()).
- * This also allows the original mount data to be stripped of security-
- * specific options to avoid having to make filesystems aware of them.
- * @orig the original mount data copied from userspace.
- * @copy copied data which will be passed to the security module.
- * Returns 0 if the copy was successful.
* @sb_mnt_opts_compat:
* Determine if the new mount options in @mnt_opts are allowed given
* the existing mounted filesystem at @sb.
- * @sb superblock being compared
- * @mnt_opts new mount options
+ * @sb superblock being compared.
+ * @mnt_opts new mount options.
* Return 0 if options are compatible.
* @sb_remount:
* Extracts security system specific mount options and verifies no changes
* are being made to those options.
- * @sb superblock being remounted
+ * @sb superblock being remounted.
* @data contains the filesystem-specific data.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @sb_kern_mount:
- * Mount this @sb if allowed by permissions.
+ * Mount this @sb if allowed by permissions.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @sb_show_options:
* Show (print on @m) mount options for this @sb.
+ * Return 0 on success, negative values on failure.
* @sb_umount:
* Check permission before the @mnt file system is unmounted.
* @mnt contains the mounted file system.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @sb_set_mnt_opts:
* Set the security relevant mount options used for a superblock
- * @sb the superblock to set security mount options for
- * @opts binary data structure containing all lsm mount data
+ * @sb the superblock to set security mount options for.
+ * @opts binary data structure containing all lsm mount data.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
* @sb_clone_mnt_opts:
* Copy all security options from a given superblock to another
- * @oldsb old superblock which contain information to clone
- * @newsb new superblock which needs filled in
- * @sb_parse_opts_str:
- * Parse a string of security data filling in the opts structure
- * @options string containing all mount options known by the LSM
- * @opts binary data structure usable by the LSM
+ * @oldsb old superblock which contain information to clone.
+ * @newsb new superblock which needs filled in.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
* @move_mount:
* Check permission before a mount is moved.
* @from_path indicates the mount that is going to be moved.
* @to_path indicates the mountpoint that will be mounted upon.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @dentry_init_security:
* Compute a context for a dentry as the inode is not yet available
* since NFSv4 has no label backed by an EA anyway.
* @dentry dentry to use in calculating the context.
* @mode mode used to determine resource type.
- * @name name of the last path component used to create file
+ * @name name of the last path component used to create file.
* @xattr_name pointer to place the pointer to security xattr name.
* Caller does not have to free the resulting pointer. Its
* a pointer to static string.
* @ctx pointer to place the pointer to the resulting context in.
* @ctxlen point to place the length of the resulting context.
+ * Return 0 on success, negative values on failure.
* @dentry_create_files_as:
* Compute a context for a dentry as the inode is not yet available
* and set that context in passed in creds so that new files are
* passed in creds and not the creds of the caller.
* @dentry dentry to use in calculating the context.
* @mode mode used to determine resource type.
- * @name name of the last path component used to create file
- * @old creds which should be used for context calculation
- * @new creds to modify
+ * @name name of the last path component used to create file.
+ * @old creds which should be used for context calculation.
+ * @new creds to modify.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
*
* Security hooks for inode operations.
* then it should return -EOPNOTSUPP to skip this processing.
* @inode contains the inode structure of the newly created inode.
* @dir contains the inode structure of the parent directory.
- * @qstr contains the last path component of the new object
+ * @qstr contains the last path component of the new object.
* @name will be set to the allocated name suffix (e.g. selinux).
* @value will be set to the allocated attribute value.
* @len will be set to the length of the value.
* Set up the incore security field for the new anonymous inode
* and return whether the inode creation is permitted by the security
* module or not.
- * @inode contains the inode structure
- * @name name of the anonymous inode class
- * @context_inode optional related inode
+ * @inode contains the inode structure.
+ * @name name of the anonymous inode class.
+ * @context_inode optional related inode.
* Returns 0 on success, -EACCES if the security module denies the
* creation of this inode, or another -errno upon other errors.
* @inode_create:
* mode is specified in @mode.
* @path contains the path structure of the file to change the mode.
* @mode contains the new DAC's permission, which is a bitmask of
- * constants from <include/uapi/linux/stat.h>
+ * constants from <include/uapi/linux/stat.h>.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @path_chown:
* Check for permission to change owner/group of a file or directory.
* @path_notify:
* Check permissions before setting a watch on events as defined by @mask,
* on an object at @path, whose type is defined by @obj_type.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @inode_readlink:
* Check the permission to read the symbolic link.
* @dentry contains the dentry structure for the file link.
* @inode_follow_link:
* Check permission to follow a symbolic link when looking up a pathname.
* @dentry contains the dentry structure for the link.
- * @inode contains the inode, which itself is not stable in RCU-walk
+ * @inode contains the inode, which itself is not stable in RCU-walk.
* @rcu indicates whether we are in RCU-walk mode.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @inode_permission:
* @attr is the iattr structure containing the new file attributes.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @path_truncate:
- * Check permission before truncating a file.
+ * Check permission before truncating the file indicated by path.
+ * Note that truncation permissions may also be checked based on
+ * already opened files, using the @file_truncate hook.
* @path contains the path structure for the file.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @inode_getattr:
* Check permission before removing the extended attribute
* identified by @name for @dentry.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @inode_set_acl:
+ * Check permission before setting posix acls
+ * The posix acls in @kacl are identified by @acl_name.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @inode_get_acl:
+ * Check permission before getting osix acls
+ * The posix acls are identified by @acl_name.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @inode_remove_acl:
+ * Check permission before removing posix acls
+ * The posix acls are identified by @acl_name.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @inode_getsecurity:
* Retrieve a copy of the extended attribute representation of the
* security label associated with @name for @inode via @buffer. Note that
* @name is the remainder of the attribute name after the security prefix
- * has been removed. @alloc is used to specify of the call should return a
- * value via the buffer or just the value length Return size of buffer on
- * success.
+ * has been removed. @alloc is used to specify if the call should return a
+ * value via the buffer or just the value length.
+ * Return size of buffer on success.
* @inode_setsecurity:
* Set the security label associated with @name for @inode from the
* extended attribute value @value. @size indicates the size of the
* @inode_killpriv:
* The setuid bit is being removed. Remove similar security labels.
* Called with the dentry->d_inode->i_mutex held.
- * @mnt_userns: user namespace of the mount
+ * @mnt_userns: user namespace of the mount.
* @dentry is the dentry being changed.
* Return 0 on success. If error is returned, then the operation
* causing setuid bit removal is failed.
* to abort the copy up. Note that the caller is responsible for reading
* and writing the xattrs as this hook is merely a filter.
* @d_instantiate:
- * Fill in @inode security information for a @dentry if allowed.
+ * Fill in @inode security information for a @dentry if allowed.
* @getprocattr:
- * Read attribute @name for process @p and store it into @value if allowed.
+ * Read attribute @name for process @p and store it into @value if allowed.
+ * Return the length of @value on success, a negative value otherwise.
* @setprocattr:
- * Write (set) attribute @name to @value, size @size if allowed.
+ * Write (set) attribute @name to @value, size @size if allowed.
+ * Return written bytes on success, a negative value otherwise.
*
* Security hooks for kernfs node operations
*
* @kernfs_init_security:
* Initialize the security context of a newly created kernfs node based
* on its own and its parent's attributes.
- *
- * @kn_dir the parent kernfs node
- * @kn the new child kernfs node
+ * @kn_dir the parent kernfs node.
+ * @kn the new child kernfs node.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for file operations
*
* simple integer value. When @arg represents a user space pointer, it
* should never be used by the security module.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @mmap_addr :
+ * @mmap_addr:
* Check permissions for a mmap operation at @addr.
* @addr contains virtual address that will be used for the operation.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @mmap_file :
+ * @mmap_file:
* Check permissions for a mmap operation. The @file may be NULL, e.g.
* if mapping anonymous memory.
* @file contains the file structure for file to map (may be NULL).
* to receive an open file descriptor via socket IPC.
* @file contains the file structure being received.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @file_truncate:
+ * Check permission before truncating a file, i.e. using ftruncate.
+ * Note that truncation permission may also be checked based on the path,
+ * using the @path_truncate hook.
+ * @file contains the file structure for the file.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @file_open:
* Save open-time permission checking state for later use upon
* file_permission, and recheck access if anything has changed
* since inode_permission.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for task operations.
*
* @gfp indicates the atomicity of any memory allocations.
* Only allocate sufficient memory and attach to @cred such that
* cred_transfer() will not get ENOMEM.
+ * Return 0 on success, negative values on failure.
* @cred_free:
* @cred points to the credentials.
* Deallocate and clear the cred->security field in a set of credentials.
* @old points to the original credentials.
* @gfp indicates the atomicity of any memory allocations.
* Prepare a new set of credentials by copying the data from the old set.
+ * Return 0 on success, negative values on failure.
* @cred_transfer:
* @new points to the new credentials.
* @old points to the original credentials.
* @kernel_act_as:
* Set the credentials for a kernel service to act as (subjective context).
* @new points to the credentials to be modified.
- * @secid specifies the security ID to be set
+ * @secid specifies the security ID to be set.
* The current task must be the one that nominated @secid.
* Return 0 if successful.
* @kernel_create_files_as:
* @kernel_module_request:
* Ability to trigger the kernel to automatically upcall to userspace for
* userspace to load a kernel module with the given name.
- * @kmod_name name of the module requested by the kernel
+ * @kmod_name name of the module requested by the kernel.
* Return 0 if successful.
* @kernel_load_data:
* Load data provided by userspace.
- * @id kernel load data identifier
+ * @id kernel load data identifier.
* @contents if a subsequent @kernel_post_load_data will be called.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @kernel_post_load_data:
* Load data provided by a non-file source (usually userspace buffer).
* @buf pointer to buffer containing the data contents.
* @size length of the data contents.
- * @id kernel load data identifier
- * @description a text description of what was loaded, @id-specific
+ * @id kernel load data identifier.
+ * @description a text description of what was loaded, @id-specific.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* This must be paired with a prior @kernel_load_data call that had
* @contents set to true.
* Read a file specified by userspace.
* @file contains the file structure pointing to the file being read
* by the kernel.
- * @id kernel read file identifier
+ * @id kernel read file identifier.
* @contents if a subsequent @kernel_post_read_file will be called.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @kernel_post_read_file:
* by the kernel.
* @buf pointer to buffer containing the file contents.
* @size length of the file contents.
- * @id kernel read file identifier
+ * @id kernel read file identifier.
* This must be paired with a prior @kernel_read_file call that had
* @contents set to true.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* indicates which of the set*uid system calls invoked this hook. If
* @new is the set of credentials that will be installed. Modifications
* should be made to this rather than to @current->cred.
- * @old is the set of credentials that are being replaces
+ * @old is the set of credentials that are being replaced.
* @flags contains one of the LSM_SETID_* values.
* Return 0 on success.
* @task_fix_setgid:
* @task_setioprio:
* Check permission before setting the ioprio value of @p to @ioprio.
* @p contains the task_struct of process.
- * @ioprio contains the new ioprio value
+ * @ioprio contains the new ioprio value.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @task_getioprio:
* Check permission before getting the ioprio value of @p.
* @type contains the requested communications type.
* @protocol contains the requested protocol.
* @kern set to 1 if a kernel socket.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @socket_socketpair:
* Check permissions before creating a fresh pair of sockets.
* @socka contains the first socket structure.
* Must not sleep inside this hook because some callers hold spinlocks.
* @sk contains the sock (not socket) associated with the incoming sk_buff.
* @skb contains the incoming network data.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @socket_getpeersec_stream:
* This hook allows the security module to provide peer socket security
* state for unix or connected tcp sockets to userspace via getsockopt
* SO_GETPEERSEC. For tcp sockets this can be meaningful if the
* socket is associated with an ipsec SA.
* @sock is the local socket.
- * @optval userspace memory where the security state is to be copied.
- * @optlen userspace int where the module should copy the actual length
+ * @optval memory where the security state is to be copied.
+ * @optlen memory where the module should copy the actual length
* of the security state.
* @len as input is the maximum length to copy to userspace provided
* by the caller.
* @sk_alloc_security:
* Allocate and attach a security structure to the sk->sk_security field,
* which is used to copy security attributes between local stream sockets.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
* @sk_free_security:
* Deallocate security structure.
* @sk_clone_security:
* @inet_conn_request:
* Sets the openreq's sid to socket's sid with MLS portion taken
* from peer sid.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @inet_csk_clone:
* Sets the new child socket's sid to the openreq sid.
* @inet_conn_established:
* Sets the connection's peersid to the secmark on skb.
* @secmark_relabel_packet:
- * check if the process should be allowed to relabel packets to
- * the given secid
+ * Check if the process should be allowed to relabel packets to
+ * the given secid.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @secmark_refcount_inc:
- * tells the LSM to increment the number of secmark labeling rules loaded
+ * Tells the LSM to increment the number of secmark labeling rules loaded.
* @secmark_refcount_dec:
- * tells the LSM to decrement the number of secmark labeling rules loaded
+ * Tells the LSM to decrement the number of secmark labeling rules loaded.
* @req_classify_flow:
* Sets the flow's sid to the openreq sid.
* @tun_dev_alloc_security:
* @tun_dev_free_security:
* This hook allows a module to free the security structure for a TUN
* device.
- * @security pointer to the TUN device's security structure
+ * @security pointer to the TUN device's security structure.
* @tun_dev_create:
* Check permissions prior to creating a new TUN device.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @tun_dev_attach_queue:
* Check permissions prior to attaching to a TUN device queue.
* @security pointer to the TUN device's security structure.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @tun_dev_attach:
* This hook can be used by the module to update any security state
* associated with the TUN device's sock structure.
* @sk contains the existing sock structure.
* @security pointer to the TUN device's security structure.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @tun_dev_open:
* This hook can be used by the module to update any security state
* associated with the TUN device's security structure.
* @security pointer to the TUN devices's security structure.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for SCTP
*
* to the security module.
* @asoc pointer to sctp association structure.
* @skb pointer to skbuff of association packet.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for Infiniband
*
* @subnet_prefix the subnet prefix of the port being used.
* @pkey the pkey to be accessed.
* @sec pointer to a security structure.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @ib_endport_manage_subnet:
* Check permissions to send and receive SMPs on a end port.
* @dev_name the IB device name (i.e. mlx4_0).
* @port_num the port number.
* @sec pointer to a security structure.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @ib_alloc_security:
* Allocate a security structure for Infiniband objects.
* @sec pointer to a security structure pointer.
- * Returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure
+ * Returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure.
* @ib_free_security:
* Deallocate an Infiniband security structure.
* @sec contains the security structure to be freed.
* Database used by the XFRM system.
* @sec_ctx contains the security context information being provided by
* the user-level policy update program (e.g., setkey).
+ * @gfp is to specify the context for the allocation.
* Allocate a security structure to the xp->security field; the security
* field is initialized to NULL when the xfrm_policy is allocated.
- * Return 0 if operation was successful (memory to allocate, legal context)
- * @gfp is to specify the context for the allocation
+ * Return 0 if operation was successful (memory to allocate, legal
+ * context).
* @xfrm_policy_clone_security:
* @old_ctx contains an existing xfrm_sec_ctx.
* @new_ctxp contains a new xfrm_sec_ctx being cloned from old.
* information from the old_ctx structure.
* Return 0 if operation was successful (memory to allocate).
* @xfrm_policy_free_security:
- * @ctx contains the xfrm_sec_ctx
+ * @ctx contains the xfrm_sec_ctx.
* Deallocate xp->security.
* @xfrm_policy_delete_security:
* @ctx contains the xfrm_sec_ctx.
* Authorize deletion of xp->security.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @xfrm_state_alloc:
* @x contains the xfrm_state being added to the Security Association
* Database by the XFRM system.
* @xfrm_state_delete_security:
* @x contains the xfrm_state.
* Authorize deletion of x->security.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @xfrm_policy_lookup:
* @ctx contains the xfrm_sec_ctx for which the access control is being
* checked.
* Permit allocation of a key and assign security data. Note that key does
* not have a serial number assigned at this point.
* @key points to the key.
- * @flags is the allocation flags
+ * @flags is the allocation flags.
* Return 0 if permission is granted, -ve error otherwise.
* @key_free:
* Notification of destruction; free security data.
*
* @ipc_permission:
* Check permissions for access to IPC
- * @ipcp contains the kernel IPC permission structure
- * @flag contains the desired (requested) permission set
+ * @ipcp contains the kernel IPC permission structure.
+ * @flag contains the desired (requested) permission set.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @ipc_getsecid:
* Get the secid associated with the ipc object.
* to @to.
* @from contains the struct cred for the sending process.
* @to contains the struct cred for the receiving process.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @binder_transfer_binder:
* Check whether @from is allowed to transfer a binder reference to @to.
* @from contains the struct cred for the sending process.
* @to contains the struct cred for the receiving process.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @binder_transfer_file:
* Check whether @from is allowed to transfer @file to @to.
* @from contains the struct cred for the sending process.
* @file contains the struct file being transferred.
* @to contains the struct cred for the receiving process.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @ptrace_access_check:
* Check permission before allowing the current process to trace the
* Check whether the @tsk process has the @cap capability in the indicated
* credentials.
* @cred contains the credentials to use.
- * @ns contains the user namespace we want the capability in
+ * @ns contains the user namespace we want the capability in.
* @cap contains the capability <include/linux/capability.h>.
- * @opts contains options for the capable check <include/linux/security.h>
+ * @opts contains options for the capable check <include/linux/security.h>.
* Return 0 if the capability is granted for @tsk.
* @quotactl:
- * Check whether the quotactl syscall is allowed for this @sb.
+ * Check whether the quotactl syscall is allowed for this @sb.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @quota_on:
- * Check whether QUOTAON is allowed for this @dentry.
+ * Check whether QUOTAON is allowed for this @dentry.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @syslog:
* Check permission before accessing the kernel message ring or changing
* logging to the console.
* See the syslog(2) manual page for an explanation of the @type values.
- * @type contains the SYSLOG_ACTION_* constant from <include/linux/syslog.h>
+ * @type contains the SYSLOG_ACTION_* constant from
+ * <include/linux/syslog.h>.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @settime:
* Check permission to change the system time.
* struct timespec64 is defined in <include/linux/time64.h> and timezone
* is defined in <include/linux/time.h>
- * @ts contains new time
- * @tz contains new timezone
+ * @ts contains new time.
+ * @tz contains new timezone.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @vm_enough_memory:
* Check permissions for allocating a new virtual mapping.
* @mm contains the mm struct it is being added to.
* @pages contains the number of pages.
- * Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted by the LSM infrastructure to the
+ * caller. If all LSMs return a positive value, __vm_enough_memory() will
+ * be called with cap_sys_admin set. If at least one LSM returns 0 or
+ * negative, __vm_enough_memory() will be called with cap_sys_admin
+ * cleared.
*
* @ismaclabel:
* Check if the extended attribute specified by @name
* @secid contains the security ID.
* @secdata contains the pointer that stores the converted security
* context.
- * @seclen pointer which contains the length of the data
+ * @seclen pointer which contains the length of the data.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
* @secctx_to_secid:
* Convert security context to secid.
* @secid contains the pointer to the generated security ID.
* @secdata contains the security context.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* @release_secctx:
* Release the security context.
* @audit_rule_free:
* Deallocate the LSM audit rule structure previously allocated by
* audit_rule_init.
- * @lsmrule contains the allocated rule
+ * @lsmrule contains the allocated rule.
*
* @inode_invalidate_secctx:
* Notify the security module that it must revalidate the security context
* @inode we wish to set the security context of.
* @ctx contains the string which we wish to set in the inode.
* @ctxlen contains the length of @ctx.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* @inode_setsecctx:
* Change the security context of an inode. Updates the
* @dentry contains the inode we wish to set the security context of.
* @ctx contains the string which we wish to set in the inode.
* @ctxlen contains the length of @ctx.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* @inode_getsecctx:
* On success, returns 0 and fills out @ctx and @ctxlen with the security
* @inode we wish to get the security context of.
* @ctx is a pointer in which to place the allocated security context.
* @ctxlen points to the place to put the length of @ctx.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* Security hooks for the general notification queue:
*
* Check to see if a watch notification can be posted to a particular
* queue.
* @w_cred: The credentials of the whoever set the watch.
- * @cred: The event-triggerer's credentials
- * @n: The notification being posted
+ * @cred: The event-triggerer's credentials.
+ * @n: The notification being posted.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @watch_key:
* Check to see if a process is allowed to watch for event notifications
* from a key or keyring.
* @key: The key to watch.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for using the eBPF maps and programs functionalities through
* eBPF syscalls.
* Do a initial check for all bpf syscalls after the attribute is copied
* into the kernel. The actual security module can implement their own
* rules to check the specific cmd they need.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @bpf_map:
* Do a check when the kernel generate and return a file descriptor for
* eBPF maps.
- *
- * @map: bpf map that we want to access
- * @mask: the access flags
+ * @map: bpf map that we want to access.
+ * @mask: the access flags.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @bpf_prog:
* Do a check when the kernel generate and return a file descriptor for
* eBPF programs.
- *
* @prog: bpf prog that userspace want to use.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @bpf_map_alloc_security:
* Initialize the security field inside bpf map.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* @bpf_map_free_security:
* Clean up the security information stored inside bpf map.
*
* @bpf_prog_alloc_security:
* Initialize the security field inside bpf program.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
*
* @bpf_prog_free_security:
* Clean up the security information stored inside bpf prog.
*
* @locked_down:
- * Determine whether a kernel feature that potentially enables arbitrary
- * code execution in kernel space should be permitted.
- *
- * @what: kernel feature being accessed
+ * Determine whether a kernel feature that potentially enables arbitrary
+ * code execution in kernel space should be permitted.
+ * @what: kernel feature being accessed.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for perf events
*
* @perf_event_open:
- * Check whether the @type of perf_event_open syscall is allowed.
+ * Check whether the @type of perf_event_open syscall is allowed.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @perf_event_alloc:
- * Allocate and save perf_event security info.
+ * Allocate and save perf_event security info.
+ * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
* @perf_event_free:
- * Release (free) perf_event security info.
+ * Release (free) perf_event security info.
* @perf_event_read:
- * Read perf_event security info if allowed.
+ * Read perf_event security info if allowed.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @perf_event_write:
- * Write perf_event security info if allowed.
+ * Write perf_event security info if allowed.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* Security hooks for io_uring
*
* @uring_override_creds:
- * Check if the current task, executing an io_uring operation, is allowed
- * to override it's credentials with @new.
- *
- * @new: the new creds to use
+ * Check if the current task, executing an io_uring operation, is allowed
+ * to override it's credentials with @new.
+ * @new: the new creds to use.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @uring_sqpoll:
- * Check whether the current task is allowed to spawn a io_uring polling
- * thread (IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL).
+ * Check whether the current task is allowed to spawn a io_uring polling
+ * thread (IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL).
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
* @uring_cmd:
- * Check whether the file_operations uring_cmd is allowed to run.
+ * Check whether the file_operations uring_cmd is allowed to run.
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
*
*/
union security_list_options {
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