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.TH PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS 2const 2026-02-08 "Linux man-pages 6.19"
.SH NAME
PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS
\-
set 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_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1L, 0L, 0L, 0L);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set the calling thread's
.I no_new_privs
attribute.
With
.I no_new_privs
set to 1,
.BR execve (2)
promises not to grant privileges to do anything
that could not have been done without the
.BR execve (2)
call (for example,
rendering the set-user-ID and set-group-ID mode bits,
and file capabilities non-functional).
.P
Once set, the
.I no_new_privs
attribute cannot be unset.
The setting of this attribute is inherited by children created by
.BR fork (2)
and
.BR clone (2),
and preserved across
.BR execve (2).
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
0 is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
The second argument
is not equal to
.IR 1L .
.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_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS (2const),
.BR seccomp (2)
.P
For more information, see the kernel source file
.IR Documentation/\:userspace\-api/\:no_new_privs.rst .