security_socket_socketpair(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 security_socket_socketpair(9) 🎀

okay so this is the security_socket_socketpair(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the vibe check that happens before a fresh socketpair gets made. bestie, it’s short, it’s iconic, and the SEE ALSO list is absolutely unhinged in the best way. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

security_socket_socketpair — check if creating a socketpair is allowed ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int security_socket_socketpair (struct socket *socka , struct socket *sockb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • socka — first socket
  • sockb — second socket

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Check permissions before creating a fresh pair of sockets. that’s the whole moment. permission check first, socketpair second. periodt. 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns 0 if permission is granted and the connection was established. slay. 💫

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./security/security.c — and now, because the guest list is LONG, here is every single icon in the group chat:

source/version bestie: ./security · date: October 2026 — that’s the whole page, mwah 💋✨

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