Bug 27364 - Missing execveat(2) system call wrapper
Summary: Missing execveat(2) system call wrapper
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: glibc
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Component: libc (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2021-02-07 11:33 UTC by Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Modified: 2021-02-07 13:28 UTC (History)
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Description Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) 2021-02-07 11:33:00 UTC 
Linux 3.19 added execveat(2) (see kernel commit 51f39a1f0cea1cacf8c787f652f26dfee9611874).

Should glibc add a wrapper for it?
Comment 1 Florian Weimer 2021-02-07 13:28:00 UTC 
A patch is under review. I think think this is the latest thread:

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-December/120345.html