ima_parse_buf(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is ima_parse_buf(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole vibe is literally this: ima_parse_buf — parses lengths and data from an input buffer. that's the name, no notes. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ima_parse_buf (void *bufstartp , void *bufendp , void **bufcurp ,
       int maxfields , struct ima_field_data *fields , int *curfields ,
       unsigned long *len_mask , int enforce_mask , char *bufname );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• bufstartp — buffer start address. like, where the buffer begins, periodt. 🫶
• bufendp — buffer end address. the end of the buffer, bestie.
• bufcurp — pointer to remaining (non-parsed) data. it's giving “what's left after parsing,” fr fr.
• maxfields — length of the fields array. yes, the max number of field slots. 💖
• fields — array containing lengths and pointers of parsed data. this is where the parsed-data lore lives.
• curfields — number of array items containing parsed data. lowkey just how many slots actually have parsed data in them. ✨
• len_mask — bitmap (if bit is set, data length should not be parsed). so if that bit is set, do not parse the data length. iconic little rule. 🎀
• enforce_mask — check if curfields == maxfields and/or bufcurp == bufendp. that exact check, no cap. 👑
• bufname — string identifier of the input buffer. a cute little name tag for the buffer, basically. 🦋

🦋 RETURN 🦋

0 on success, -EINVAL on error. that's the whole return story, bestie. 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c — go read it for the extra lore, iykyk. 🌈

okay that's the page, mwah 💋 — footer vibes: source/version ./security/integrity/ima, date October 2026, and the page is ima_parse_buf(9). bye bestie 🫶