1.. title:: clang-tidy - android-cloexec-socket
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3android-cloexec-socket
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6``socket()`` should include ``SOCK_CLOEXEC`` in its type argument to avoid the
7file descriptor leakage. Without this flag, an opened sensitive file would
8remain open across a fork+exec to a lower-privileged SELinux domain.
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10Examples:
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12.. code-block:: c++
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14  socket(domain, type, SOCK_STREAM);
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16  // becomes
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18  socket(domain, type, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
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