selinux_netl...nnect_locked(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for selinux_netl...nnect_locked(9) — yes, the header keeps the title abbreviated like that, but the actual function is selinux_netlbl_socket_connect_locked, and its whole job is to label a client-side socket on connect. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int selinux_netlbl_socket_connect_locked (struct sock *sk , struct
sockaddr *addr );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• sk — the socket to label, bestie 💖
• addr — the destination address

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the mission here is: attempt to label a connected socket that already has the socket locked with NetLabel, using the given address. That's it, that's the vibe. ✨

And the return tea? It returns zero values on success, negative values on failure. no cap. 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go off and read these, iykyk:

• Kernel file: ./security/selinux/netlabel.c
• selinux_netlbl_sidlookup_cached(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sock_genattr(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sock_getattr(9)
• selinux_netlbl_cache_invalidate(9)
• selinux_netlbl_err(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sk_security_reset(9)
• selinux_netlbl_skbuff_getsid(9)
• selinux_netlbl_skbuff_setsid(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sctp_assoc_request(9)
• selinux_netlbl_inet_conn_request(9)
• selinux_netlbl_inet_csk_clone(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sctp_sk_clone(9)
• selinux_netlbl_socket_post_create(9)
• selinux_netlbl_sock_rcv_skb(9)
• selinux_netlbl_option(9)
• selinux_netlbl_socket_setsockopt(9)
• selinux_netlbl_socket_connect_helper(9)
• selinux_netlbl_socket_connect(9)

mwah 💋 signing off with the footer tea: source/version is ./security/selinux, date is October 2026, and the footer title is selinux_netl...nnect_locked(9). periodt. 🌸