---
name: "proc_pid_mem"
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_pid_mem"
---

# proc\_pid\_mem(5)

memory

## NAME

/proc/pid/mem - memory

## DESCRIPTION

- */proc/*pid*/mem*

  This file can be used to access the pages of a process's memory through [**open**(2)](/open/2.md), [**read**(2)](/read/2.md), and [**lseek**(2)](/lseek/2.md).

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  Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode **PTRACE\_MODE\_ATTACH\_FSCREDS** check; see [**ptrace**(2)](/ptrace/2.md).

## SEE ALSO

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