The netlink-driver interface allows a kernel module to expose itself to user-space via the Netlink protocol, typically to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes.
See also netlink-audit and netlink-connector.
Interface documentation: See Interface management and Supported interfaces for further details on how interfaces are used.
Developer details
Auto-connect: no
Further confinement for particular families/protocols is implemented via Seccomp filtering network Netlink.
Requires snapd version 2.51.1+.
Code examples
The source code for this interface is in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/netlink_driver.go
Last updated 2 years ago.