verify_header(9)

💖 verify_header(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, this page is all about verify_header from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole thing is unpacking a serialized stream header. slay ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

verify_header — unpack serialized stream header 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int verify_header (struct aa_ext *e , int required , const char **ns );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• e — the serialized data read head. NOT NULL, no cap 🚫💅
• required — whether the header is required or optional. lowkey the vibe check ✅
• ns — returns - namespace if one is specified else NULL (NOT NULL) 🌈

💜 RETURN 💜

An error, or 0 if the header is good. that's it, that's the whole mood 😌✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
• audit_iface(9)
• aa_unpack_u16_chunk(9)
• aa_unpack_nameX(9)
• unpack_dfa(9)
• unpack_strs_table(9)
• unpack_profile(9)
• verify_dfa_accept_index(9)
• verify_profile(9)
• aa_unpack(9)

Catch ya later bestie 💅 — this page is from ./security/apparmor, dated October 2026, and it's serving verify_header(9) 🫶✨