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If you explicitly know which environment variables you want to keep, the function below from \[[Viega 03|AA. C References#Viega 03]\] will remove everything else.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <paths.h>
   
extern char **environ;
   
/* These arrays are both NULL-terminated. */
static char *spc_restricted_environ[  ] = {
  "IFS= \t\n",
  "PATH=" _PATH_STDPATH,
  0
};
   
static char *spc_preserve_environ[  ] = {
  "TZ",
  0
};
   
void spc_sanitize_environment(int preservec, char **preservev) {
  int    i;
  char   **new_environ, *ptr, *value, *var;
  size_t arr_size = 1, arr_ptr = 0, len, new_size = 0;
   
  for (i = 0;  (var = spc_restricted_environ[i]) != 0;  i++) {
    new_size += strlen(var) + 1;
    arr_size++;
  }
  for (i = 0;  (var = spc_preserve_environ[i]) != 0;  i++) {
    if (!(value = getenv(var))) continue;
    new_size += strlen(var) + strlen(value) + 2; /* include the '=' */
    arr_size++;
  }
  if (preservec && preservev) {
    for (i = 0;  i < preservec && (var = preservev[i]) != 0;  i++) {
      if (!(value = getenv(var))) continue;
      new_size += strlen(var) + strlen(value) + 2; /* include the '=' */
      arr_size++;
    }
  }
   
  new_size += (arr_size * sizeof(char *));
  if (!(new_environ = (char **)malloc(new_size))) abort(  );
  new_environ[arr_size - 1] = 0;
   
  ptr = (char *)new_environ + (arr_size * sizeof(char *));
  for (i = 0;  (var = spc_restricted_environ[i]) != 0;  i++) {
    new_environ[arr_ptr++] = ptr;
    len = strlen(var);
    memcpy(ptr, var, len + 1);
    ptr += len + 1;
  }
  for (i = 0;  (var = spc_preserve_environ[i]) != 0;  i++) {
    if (!(value = getenv(var))) continue;
    new_environ[arr_ptr++] = ptr;
    len = strlen(var);
    memcpy(ptr, var, len);
    *(ptr + len + 1) = '=';
    memcpy(ptr + len + 2, value, strlen(value) + 1);
    ptr += len + strlen(value) + 2; /* include the '=' */
  }
  if (preservec && preservev) {
    for (i = 0;  i < preservec && (var = preservev[i]) != 0;  i++) {
      if (!(value = getenv(var))) continue;
      new_environ[arr_ptr++] = ptr;
      len = strlen(var);
      memcpy(ptr, var, len);
      *(ptr + len + 1) = '=';
      memcpy(ptr + len + 2, value, strlen(value) + 1);
      ptr += len + strlen(value) + 2; /* include the '=' */
    }
  }
   
  environ = new_environ;
}

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