PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS - get the calling thread's no_new_privs attribute
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Description
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).
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.
History
Linux 3.5.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS - get the calling thread's no_new_privs attribute
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.
See Also
prctl(2), PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS(2const) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-01 PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS(2const)
Standards
Linux.
Synopsis
#include<linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include<sys/prctl.h>intprctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS,0L,0L,0L,0L);