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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 6.6.15.upstream/6.6.15
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/secid.rst b/Documentation/networking/secid.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b45141a980 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/secid.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +LSM/SeLinux secid +================= + +flowi structure: + +The secid member in the flow structure is used in LSMs (e.g. SELinux) to indicate +the label of the flow. This label of the flow is currently used in selecting +matching labeled xfrm(s). + +If this is an outbound flow, the label is derived from the socket, if any, or +the incoming packet this flow is being generated as a response to (e.g. tcp +resets, timewait ack, etc.). It is also conceivable that the label could be +derived from other sources such as process context, device, etc., in special +cases, as may be appropriate. + +If this is an inbound flow, the label is derived from the IPSec security +associations, if any, used by the packet. |