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The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX OS system and developers who want to create a QNX OS resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
Security Policies
The libsecpolev API (libsecpolev.h)
The libsecpolev library API provides functions that allow a program to monitor system trace events that relate to the successful or failed use of privileges covered by security policies.
secpolev_init()
Initiate event monitoring

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- System Security Guide
  The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX OS system and developers who want to create a QNX OS resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
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    The following table describes security problems and cyberattacks and the QNX OS security features that can mitigate them.
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    - Using security policies
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      The steps for developing a QNX OS system that uses a security policy include adding security types and generating a policy using the secpolgenerate utility.
    - The libsecpol API (secpol.h)
      The libsecpol library API provides functions for systems that use security policies.
    - The libsecpolev API (libsecpolev.h)
      The libsecpolev library API provides functions that allow a program to monitor system trace events that relate to the successful or failed use of privileges covered by security policies.
      - Flags for secpolev_get_ability_info()
      - Flags for secpolev_wait_event()
      - secpolev_event_type_t
        General event types
      - secpolev_flush()
        Flush events so that they are received immediately
      - secpolev_get_ability_info()
        Get information about an ability event
      - secpolev_get_custom_perm_info()
        Get information about a custom permission event
      - secpolev_get_dropped_count()
        Get the number of dropped events
      - secpolev_get_path_info()
        Get information about a path event
      - secpolev_get_pid()
        Get the process ID associated with an event
      - secpolev_get_process_name()
        Get the name of the process associated with an event
      - secpolev_get_process_type()
        Get the type of the process associated with an event
      - secpolev_init()
        Initiate event monitoring
      - secpolev_log()
        Log a message using the log callback
      - secpolev_log_callback_t
        Structure for error logging
      - secpolev_path_event_status_t
        Path event types
      - secpolev_set_log_callback()
        Set a callback for error logging
      - secpolev_shutdown()
        Request termination of event monitoring
      - secpolev_shutdown_type_t
        Shutdown event types
      - secpolev_vlog()
        Log a message using the log callback (varargs)
      - secpolev_wait_event()
        Wait for the next event
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    The pathtrust feature prevents processes from executing untrusted code. If a process is compromised, pathtrust mitigates the threat of the system being further compromised by an attacker using chained-together exploits.
  - PAM
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  - Using mkqnximage to Display Security Features
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secpolev_init()

Initiate event monitoring

Synopsis:

#include <secpol/secpolev.h>

int secpolev_init(unsigned flags,
                  unsigned buffer_count,
                  unsigned flush_interval)

Arguments:

flags: Must be zero (there are currently no flags defined).
buffer_count: The number of 16k kernel event buffers to allocate (minimum is 2).
flush_interval: The time in milliseconds after which trace buffers are flushed (trace events may be delayed by up to this amount of time). If 0, then no automatic flushing is performed.

Library:

libsecpolev

Description:

The secpolev_init() function initializes the secpolev library and enables event collection.

Returns:

0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred. On failure, errno is set to:

EINVAL - The buffer_count parameter is less than 2, or flags is non-zero.
EBUSY - Trace system is busy.
EAGAIN - The secpolev_init() function has already been called.
EPERM - Process lacks necessary abilities.

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