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avc_open(3) SELinux API documentation avc_open(3)
avc_open, avc_destroy, avc_reset, avc_cleanup - userspace SELinux AVC
setup and teardown
#include <selinux/selinux.h>
#include <selinux/avc.h>
int avc_open(struct selinux_opt *options, unsigned nopt);
void avc_destroy(void);
int avc_reset(void);
void avc_cleanup(void);
avc_open() initializes the userspace AVC and must be called before
any other AVC operation can be performed.
avc_destroy() destroys the userspace AVC, freeing all internal memory
structures. After this call has been made, avc_open() must be called
again before any AVC operations can be performed.
avc_reset() flushes the userspace AVC, causing it to forget any
cached access decisions. The userspace AVC normally calls this
function automatically when needed, see NETLINK NOTIFICATION below.
avc_cleanup() attempts to free unused memory within the userspace
AVC, but does not flush any cached access decisions. Under normal
operation, calling this function should not be necessary.
The userspace AVC obeys callbacks set via selinux_set_callback(3), in
particular the logging and audit callbacks.
The options which may be passed to avc_open() include the following:
AVC_OPT_SETENFORCE
This option forces the userspace AVC into enforcing mode if
the option value is non-NULL; permissive mode otherwise. The
system enforcing mode will be ignored.
Beginning with version 2.6.4, the Linux kernel supports SELinux
status change notification via netlink. Two message types are
currently implemented, indicating changes to the enforcing mode and
to the loaded policy in the kernel, respectively. The userspace AVC
listens for these messages and takes the appropriate action,
modifying the behavior of avc_has_perm(3) to reflect the current
enforcing mode and flushing the cache on receipt of a policy load
notification. Audit messages are produced when netlink notifications
are processed.
Functions with a return value return zero on success. On error, -1
is returned and errno is set appropriately.
Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov>
selinux(8), avc_has_perm(3), avc_context_to_sid(3),
avc_cache_stats(3), avc_add_callback(3), selinux_set_callback(3),
security_compute_av(3)
This page is part of the selinux (Security-Enhanced Linux user-space
libraries and tools) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki⟩. If you
have a bug report for this manual page, see
⟨https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Contributing⟩. This
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12 Jun 2008 avc_open(3)
Pages that refer to this page: avc_add_callback(3), avc_context_to_sid(3), avc_init(3), avc_netlink_loop(3)