2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
index 4a1646089f..7e5a7c9be3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void
 __check_native (uint32_t a1_index, int *a1_native,
 		uint32_t a2_index, int *a2_native)
 {
-  int fd = __socket (PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+  int fd = __socket (PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
 
   struct sockaddr_nl nladdr;
   memset (&nladdr, '\0', sizeof (nladdr));
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
index cff12c2ac4..3bc9902863 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ __netlink_open (struct netlink_handle *h)
 {
   struct sockaddr_nl nladdr;
 
-  h->fd = __socket (PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+  h->fd = __socket (PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
   if (h->fd < 0)
     goto out;