KEYCTL_REVOKE(2const)

KEYCTL_REVOKE2const

Revoke a key

Usage

#include <linux/keyctl.h>  /* Definition of KEY* constants */
#include <sys/syscall.h>   /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>

long syscall(SYS_keyctl, KEYCTL_REVOKE, key_serial_t key);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Revoke the key with the ID provided in key. The key is scheduled for garbage collection; it will no longer be findable, and will be unavailable for further operations. Further attempts to use the key will fail with the error EKEYREVOKED.

The caller must have write or setattr permission on the key.

Return value

On success, 0 is returned.

On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Versions

A wrapper is provided in the libkeyutils library: keyctl_revoke(3).

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 2.6.10.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.