PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS(2const)

PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS2const

Get the calling thread's no_new_privs attribute

Usage

#include <linux/prctl.h>  /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>

int prctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Return the value of the no_new_privs attribute for the calling thread. A value of 0 indicates the regular execve(2) behavior. A value of 1 indicates execve(2) will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described in PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS(2const).

Return value

On success, PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS returns the boolean value described above. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Files

/proc/pid/status

Since Linux 4.10, the value of a thread's no_new_privs attribute can be viewed via the NoNewPrivs field in this file.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 3.5.

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