ipe_kernel_load_data(9)

💖 ipe_kernel_load_data(9) 💖

Kernel API Manual bestie!! okay so this page is literally about the IPE security hook for kernel load data, and we're gonna get into it ✨🦋

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ipe_kernel_load_data — ipe security hook function for kernel load data. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ipe_kernel_load_data (enum kernel_load_data_id id , bool contents );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• id — Supplies the enumeration identifying the purpose of the load. 👑
• contents — Unused. literally just sitting there, bestie 🙈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This LSM hook is called when a data buffer provided by userspace is loading into the kernel. 🌈

So yeah — userspace hands over a data buffer, it's loading into the kernel, and this hook gets called. that's the vibe 🫶

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 — Success ✨
• -EACCES — Did not pass IPE policy 🚫💅

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Kernel file: ./security/ipe/hooks.c 🧚

and the whole reference squad is right here:

• ipe_bprm_check_security(9)
• ipe_bprm_creds_for_exec(9)
• ipe_mmap_file(9)
• ipe_file_mprotect(9)
• ipe_kernel_read_file(9)
• ipe_unpack_initramfs(9)
• ipe_bdev_free_security(9)
• ipe_bdev_setintegrity(9)
• ipe_inode_setintegrity(9)

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okay that’s the page, bestie 💖 source/version spot: ./security/ipe; date: October 2026; footer title: ipe_kernel_load_data(9). periodt 🌸💅