selinux_inode_permission(9)

💖 selinux_inode_permission(9) 💖

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for selinux_inode_permission(9) — yes the title is a whole mouthful but we move. It’s all about the vibe check for inode access. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

selinux_inode_permission — check if the current task can access an inode. Like, permission-wise. Obviously. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int selinux_inode_permission (struct inode *inode , int requested );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode that is being accessed. that’s the thing being checked, bestie. 🦋
• requested — the accesses being requested. aka what access is being asked for. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Check if the current task is allowed to access inode according to requested. That’s it, that’s the whole plot. 👑

Returns 0 if allowed, negative values otherwise. So 0 is the slay ✅, negative values are the nope 😭. No cap.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./security/selinux/hooks.c

• selinux_secmark_enabled(9)
• selinux_peerlbl_enabled(9)
• task_avdcache_reset(9)
• task_avdcache_search(9)
• task_avdcache_update(9)
• selinux_inode_xattr_skipcap(9)
• selinux_mmap_backing_file(9)
• selinux_skb_peerlbl_sid(9)
• selinux_conn_sid(9)
• selinux_getselfattr(9)
• selinux_uring_override_creds(9)
• selinux_uring_sqpoll(9)
• selinux_uring_cmd(9)
• selinux_uring_allowed(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie comes from ./security/selinux, dated October 2026, and the page is selinux_inode_permission(9). bye bestie! 🌈