credentials · Supported

Maintainers

• M Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
• R Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>

Paths

• F include/linux/cred.h
• F kernel/cred.c
• F rust/kernel/cred.rs
• F Documentation/security/credentials.rst

Last 30 days

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  5 attestations (3 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-28
• Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-28
• Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Igor Korotin <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-26

Recent patches

Most-recent 16 patches in this subsystem on linux-block, ordered by date desc.

• COLD16d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COLD15d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COLD17d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v19 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v18 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v17 06/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE135d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE141d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v14 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE163d [PATCH v13 2/4] rust: `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-11-17 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• STALE253d [PATCH 4/8] cred: add {scoped_}with_kernel_creds
  2025-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE253d [PATCH 3/8] cred: make init_cred static
  2025-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE253d [PATCH 2/8] cred: add kernel_cred() helper
  2025-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE256d Re: [GIT PULL] Block fixes for 6.18-rc3
  2025-10-31 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE257d [PATCH v12 2/4] `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-10-01 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• STALE299d LANDED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 2/4] copy_process: pass clone_flags as u64 across calltree
  2025-09-01 · Simon Schuster via B4 Relay <devnull+schuster.simon.siemens-energy.com@kernel.org>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• COLD17d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD15d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by