selabel_media(5) SELinux API documentation selabel_media(5)
NAME
selabel_media - userspace SELinux labeling interface and configuration file format for the media contexts
backend
SYNOPSIS
#include <selinux/label.h>
int selabel_lookup(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
char **context,
const char *device_name, int unused);
int selabel_lookup_raw(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
char **context,
const char *device_name, int unused);
DESCRIPTION
The media contexts backend maps from media device names such as "cdrom" or "floppy" into security contexts. It
is used to find the appropriate context for establishing context mounts on these devices. The returned context
must be freed using freecon(3).
selabel_lookup(3) describes the function with its return and error codes.
The integer lookup argument is currently unused and should be set to zero.
Any messages generated by selabel_lookup(3) are sent to stderr by default, although this can be changed by
selinux_set_callback(3).
selabel_lookup_raw(3) behaves identically to selabel_lookup(3) but does not perform context translation.
The FILES section details the configuration files used to determine the media context.
OPTIONS
In addition to the global options described in selabel_open(3), this backend recognizes the following options:
SELABEL_OPT_PATH
A non-null value for this option specifies a path to a file that will be opened in lieu of the standard
media contexts file.
FILES
The media context file used to retrieve a default context depends on the SELABEL_OPT_PATH parameter passed to
selabel_open(3). If NULL, then the SELABEL_OPT_PATH value will default to the active policy media contexts
location (as returned by selinux_media_context_path(3)), otherwise the actual SELABEL_OPT_PATH value specified
is used.
The default media contexts file is:
/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/files/media
Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration file config (see selinux_config(5)).
Should there not be a valid entry in the media file, then the default removable_context file will be read (see
removable_context(5)).
FILE FORMAT
Each line within the media file is as follows:
device_name context
Where:
If contexts are to be validated, then the global option SELABEL_OPT_VALIDATE must be set before calling sela‐
bel_open(3). If this is not set, then it is possible for an invalid context to be returned.
SEE ALSO
selinux(8), selabel_open(3), selabel_lookup(3), selabel_stats(3), selabel_close(3), selinux_set_callback(3),
selinux_media_context_path(3), freecon(3), selinux_config(5), removable_context(5)
Security Enhanced Linux 29 Nov 2011 selabel_media(5)
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