apparmor_ur...erride_creds(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the apparmor_uring_override_creds(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🫶💅 the header shortens the handle to apparmor_ur...erride_creds(9), but the full function name is living her best life in NAME, no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

apparmor_uring_override_creds — check the requested cred override ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int apparmor_uring_override_creds (const struct cred *new );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• new — the target creds 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is the vibe check: it checks to see if the current task is allowed to override its credentials to service an io_uring operation. it's giving permission gatekeeping, but make it kernel security 💅✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/lsm.c, plus the whole iconique (9) crew:

• common_perm(9)
• common_perm_cond(9)
• common_perm_dir_dentry(9)
• common_perm_rm(9)
• common_perm_create(9)
• apparmor_uring_sqpoll(9)
• apparmor_bprm_committing_creds(9)
• apparmor_bprm_committed_creds(9)
• apparmor_sk_clone_security(9)
• apparmor_unix_stream_connect(9)
• apparmor_unix_may_send(9)
• apparmor_socket_post_create(9)
• apparmor_socket_bind(9)
• apparmor_socket_getpeersec_stream(9)
• apparmor_socket_getpeersec_dgram(9)
• apparmor_sock_graft(9)
• apparmor_socket_sock_rcv_skb(9)
• set_init_ctx(9)

sending love from ./security/apparmor — dated October 2026 — and yes, she's still apparmor_ur...erride_creds(9) in the footer 💖✨🫶