smack_bprm_creds_for_exec(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 smack_bprm_creds_for_exec(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for smack_bprm_creds_for_exec(9) — yes, the manual name is folded right in here because we're doing this cute. This is the exec-time credential hook, and it's literally updating bprm->cred if needed for exec. slay. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

smack_bprm_creds_for_exec — Update bprm->cred if needed for exec.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int smack_bprm_creds_for_exec (struct linux_binprm *bprm );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • bprm — the exec information. That's the whole argument, bestie; she's carrying the exec info and that's it.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so the return-value vibe check is literally this:

  • 0 — it gets a blob 🫶
  • -EPERM — exec is forbidden 🙈
  • -ENOMEM — otherwise 😭

No cap, that's the whole return story: it returns 0 if it gets a blob, -EPERM if exec is forbidden, and -ENOMEM otherwise. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file in question is ./security/smack/smack_lsm.c, and the cross-ref group chat is huge — every single one below is invited, no skips:

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 — source is ./security/smack, dated October 2026, and the star of the show is smack_bprm_creds_for_exec(9) one last time because main character energy. bye bestie! 🫶✨

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