@@ -697,6 +697,10 @@ inline bool Environment::no_browser_globals() const {
 #endif
 }
 
+inline bool Environment::no_addon_permission_for_linked_bindings() const {
+  return flags_ & EnvironmentFlags::kNoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindings;
+}
+
 void Environment::set_source_maps_enabled(bool on) {
   source_maps_enabled_ = on;
 }
 
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ class Environment final : public MemoryRetainer {
   inline bool no_global_search_paths() const;
   inline bool should_start_debug_signal_handler() const;
   inline bool no_browser_globals() const;
+  inline bool no_addon_permission_for_linked_bindings() const;
   inline uint64_t thread_id() const;
   inline std::string_view thread_name() const;
   inline worker::Worker* worker_context() const;
 
@@ -651,7 +651,12 @@ enum Flags : uint64_t {
   // Controls whether the InspectorAgent created for this Environment waits for
   // Inspector frontend events during the Environment creation. It's used to
   // call node::Stop(env) on a Worker thread that is waiting for the events.
-  kNoWaitForInspectorFrontend = 1 << 11
+  kNoWaitForInspectorFrontend = 1 << 11,
+  // Set this flag to exempt process._linkedBinding() from the permission
+  // model's addon scope (--allow-addons): linked bindings are compiled into
+  // the executable by the embedder, unlike addons loaded from the file system
+  // through process.dlopen(), which stays gated. Inherited by worker threads.
+  kNoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindings = 1 << 12
 };
 }  // namespace EnvironmentFlags
 
 
@@ -1023,8 +1023,10 @@ void GetLinkedBinding(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
   node::Utf8Value module_name_v(env->isolate(), module_name);
   const char* name = *module_name_v;
-  THROW_IF_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS(
-      env, permission::PermissionScope::kAddon, module_name_v.ToStringView());
+  if (!env->no_addon_permission_for_linked_bindings()) {
+    THROW_IF_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS(
+        env, permission::PermissionScope::kAddon, module_name_v.ToStringView());
+  }
 
   node_module* mod = nullptr;
 
 
@@ -748,6 +748,10 @@ void Worker::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     worker->environment_flags_ |= EnvironmentFlags::kNoGlobalSearchPaths;
   if (env->no_browser_globals())
     worker->environment_flags_ |= EnvironmentFlags::kNoBrowserGlobals;
+  if (env->no_addon_permission_for_linked_bindings()) {
+    worker->environment_flags_ |=
+        EnvironmentFlags::kNoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindings;
+  }
 }
 
 void Worker::StartThread(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "node_api.h"
 #include "node_test_fixture.h"
 
+#include <string>
+
 void InitializeBinding(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports,
                        v8::Local<v8::Value> module,
                        v8::Local<v8::Context> context,
@@ -46,6 +48,52 @@ TEST_F(LinkedBindingTest, SimpleTest) {
   CHECK_EQ(strcmp(*utf8val, "value"), 0);
 }
 
+static std::string RunScript(v8::Isolate* isolate, const char* source) {
+  v8::Local<v8::Context> context = isolate->GetCurrentContext();
+  v8::Local<v8::Script> script =
+      v8::Script::Compile(context,
+                          v8::String::NewFromOneByte(
+                              isolate, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(source))
+                              .ToLocalChecked())
+          .ToLocalChecked();
+  v8::Local<v8::Value> completion_value = script->Run(context).ToLocalChecked();
+  v8::String::Utf8Value utf8val(isolate, completion_value);
+  CHECK_NOT_NULL(*utf8val);
+  return *utf8val;
+}
+
+TEST_F(LinkedBindingTest, PermissionModelDeniesLinkedBindingTest) {
+  const v8::HandleScope handle_scope(isolate_);
+  const Argv argv;
+  isolate_data_->options()->per_env->permission = true;
+  Env test_env{handle_scope, argv};
+
+  const char* run_script =
+      "try { process._linkedBinding('cctest_linkedbinding').key; }"
+      " catch (err) { err.code; }";
+  CHECK_EQ(RunScript(isolate_, run_script), "ERR_ACCESS_DENIED");
+}
+
+TEST_F(LinkedBindingTest, NoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindingsTest) {
+  const v8::HandleScope handle_scope(isolate_);
+  const Argv argv;
+  isolate_data_->options()->per_env->permission = true;
+  Env test_env{
+      handle_scope,
+      argv,
+      static_cast<node::EnvironmentFlags::Flags>(
+          node::EnvironmentFlags::kDefaultFlags |
+          node::EnvironmentFlags::kNoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindings)};
+
+  const char* linked_script =
+      "process._linkedBinding('cctest_linkedbinding').key";
+  CHECK_EQ(RunScript(isolate_, linked_script), "value");
+  const char* dlopen_script =
+      "try { process.dlopen({ exports: {} }, 'addon.node'); }"
+      " catch (err) { err.code; }";
+  CHECK_EQ(RunScript(isolate_, dlopen_script), "ERR_DLOPEN_DISABLED");
+}
+
 void InitializeLocalBinding(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports,
                             v8::Local<v8::Value> module,
                             v8::Local<v8::Context> context,
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`@@ -697,6 +697,10 @@ inline bool Environment::no_browser_globals() const {`
`697`	`697`	`#endif`
`698`	`698`	`}`
`699`	`699`
	`700`	`+inline bool Environment::no_addon_permission_for_linked_bindings() const {`
	`701`	`+ return flags_ & EnvironmentFlags::kNoAddonPermissionForLinkedBindings;`
	`702`	`+}`
	`703`	`+`
`700`	`704`	`void Environment::set_source_maps_enabled(bool on) {`
`701`	`705`	`source_maps_enabled_ = on;`
`702`	`706`	`}`