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.TH PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS 2const 2025-05-17 "Linux man-pages 6.16"
.SH NAME
PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
\-
get the calling thread's no_new_privs attribute
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/prctl.h>" "  /* Definition of " PR_* " constants */"
.B #include <sys/prctl.h>
.P
.B int prctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Return the value of the
.I no_new_privs
attribute for the calling thread.
A value of 0 indicates the regular
.BR execve (2)
behavior.
A value of 1 indicates
.BR execve (2)
will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described in
.BR PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS (2const).
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.B PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
returns the boolean value described above.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH FILES
.TP
.IR /proc/ pid /status
Since Linux 4.10,
the value of a thread's
.I no_new_privs
attribute can be viewed via the
.I NoNewPrivs
field in this file.
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 3.5.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR prctl (2),
.BR PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS (2const)