.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan .\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk .\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later .\" .TH proc_pid_mem 5 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.9.1" .SH NAME /proc/pid/mem \- memory .SH DESCRIPTION .TP .IR /proc/ pid /mem This file can be used to access the pages of a process's memory through .BR open (2), .BR read (2), and .BR lseek (2). .IP Permission to access this file is governed by a ptrace access mode .B PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS check; see .BR ptrace (2). .SH SEE ALSO .BR proc (5)