---
name: "proc_kallsyms"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/proc_kallsyms"
---

# proc\_kallsyms(5)

kernel exported symbols

## NAME

/proc/kallsyms - kernel exported symbols

## DESCRIPTION

- */proc/kallsyms* (since Linux 2.5.71)

  This holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the **modules**(X) tools to dynamically link and bind loadable modules. In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file with slightly different syntax was named *ksyms*.

## HISTORY

- */proc/ksyms* (Linux 1.1.23–2.5.47)

  See */proc/kallsyms*.

## SEE ALSO

[**proc**(5)](/proc/5.md)