crypto api · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
• M "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>

Paths

• F Documentation/crypto/
• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/
• F arch/*/crypto/
• F crypto/
• F drivers/crypto/
• F include/crypto/
• F include/linux/crypto*

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: ccp - Fix use-after-free in backlog cmd advancement
  2026-09-07 06:05 · 0 replies in 7d · Fan Wu <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] asymmetric_keys: check asymmetric_key_ids() for NULL before dereference
  2026-09-06 11:02 · 1 reply in 7d · Weiming Shi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: amcc: trng: use int for ppc4xx_trng_probe()
  2026-09-04 23:01 · 0 replies in 7d · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: talitos: request irq after tasklet_init()
  2026-09-04 21:12 · 0 replies in 7d · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCHv2] crypto: talitos: pass talitos_private to irq handlers
  2026-09-04 20:40 · 0 replies in 7d · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH 0/2] crypto: use designated initializers for acpi_device_id
  2026-09-03 15:42 · 2 replies in 7d · Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: fix typos in comments
  2026-09-04 11:44 · 0 replies in 7d · Hemanth Selam <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH] crypto: caam - Use bounce buffer for unaligned RSA destination buffers
  2026-09-04 05:38 · 1 reply in 7d · Changwei Zou <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: atmel-tdes - simplify DMA buffer initialization
  2026-09-03 21:10 · 0 replies in 7d · Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v13 0/5] Add RMPOPT support.
  2026-09-02 21:28 · 1 reply in 7d · Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@amd.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Ross Bannerman <hidden>
  16 attestations (16 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden>
  16 attestations (16 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-08-25
• Bhoomika Kadabi <hidden>
  8 attestations (8 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
  8 attestations (5 Acked-by, 3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-08-19
• Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
  4 attestations (2 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-02
• Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-02
• Aditya Kulkarni <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Thomas Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
  3 attestations (1 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-02

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-crypto (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: ccp - Fix use-after-free in backlog cmd advancement
  2026-09-07 · Fan Wu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] asymmetric_keys: reject trust keys without IDs
  2026-09-06 · Weiming Shi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: amcc: trng: use int for ppc4xx_trng_probe()
  2026-09-04 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: talitos: request irq after tasklet_init()
  2026-09-04 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCHv2] crypto: talitos: pass talitos_private to irq handlers
  2026-09-04 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: fix typos in comments
  2026-09-04 · Hemanth Selam <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: caam - Remove public key support
  2026-09-04 · Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: atmel-tdes - simplify DMA buffer initialization
  2026-09-03 · Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/2] crypto: hisilicon/sec: use named initializers for acpi_device_id
  2026-09-03 · Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH 1/2] crypto: ccp: use named initializers for acpi_device_id
  2026-09-03 · Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v13 3/5] x86/sev: Initialize RMPOPT configuration MSRs
  2026-09-02 · Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@amd.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: eip93 - fix ssl mac bit field definition
  2026-09-02 · Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v2] crypto: atmel-tdes - sync output bounce buffer before DMA
  2026-09-02 · Karl Mehltretter <hidden>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 5.10.y 2/5] crypto: atmel-ecc - Struct headers need to start with keyword 'struct'
  2026-09-02 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH] crypto: qat - fix active_devs leak on crypto alg registration failure
  2026-09-02 · Ahsan Atta <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH] crypto: caam: map job ring registers without claiming region
  2026-09-01 · Rosen Penev <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] crypto: atmel-ecc - simplify atmel_ecdh_compute_shared_secret
  2026-09-01 · Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v2] crypto/amlogic: Use devm APIs for clock management
  2026-09-01 · Mohamad Raizudeen <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10] crypto: sun8i-ss - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10] crypto: sun8i-ce - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.15] crypto: sun8i-ss - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.15] crypto: sun8i-ce - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.1] crypto: sun8i-ss - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.1] crypto: sun8i-ce - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.6] crypto: sun8i-ss - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.6] crypto: sun8i-ce - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 7.1,6.18,6.12] crypto: sun8i-ss - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 7.1,6.18,6.12] crypto: sun8i-ce - Remove crypto_rng interface
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: crypto: Use AES-CBC and AES-ECB libraries
  2026-08-31 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] crypto: atmel-ecc - add support for atecc608b
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@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.

• STALE181d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH RFC v11 04/12] crypto: qce - Use existing devres APIs in devm_qce_dma_request()
  2026-03-02 · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE177d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: crypto: inside-secure,safexcel: add compatible for MT7981
  2026-03-03 · Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE177d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH 2/2] crypto: qat - fix firmware loading failure for GEN6 devices
  2026-03-05 · Suman Kumar Chakraborty <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE179d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v12 09/12] crypto: qce - Use existing devres APIs in devm_qce_dma_request()
  2026-03-10 · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH] crypto: qat - add wireless mode support for QAT GEN6
  2026-03-11 · George Abraham P <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE167d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v13 09/12] crypto: qce - Use existing devres APIs in devm_qce_dma_request()
  2026-03-17 · Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE192d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-6.6] crypto: hisilicon/qm - move the barrier before writing to the mailbox register
  2026-02-12 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE193d [PATCH 01/17] crypto: add Kconfig options for standalone crypto module
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 02/17] crypto: add module entry for standalone crypto kernel module
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 03/17] build: special compilation rule for building the standalone crypto module
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 04/17] build: Add ELF marker for crypto-objs-m modules
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 06/17] crypto: add pluggable interface for builtin crypto modules
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 07/17] crypto: dedicated ELF sections for collected crypto initcalls
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 08/17] crypto: fips140: add crypto module loader
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 09/17] build: embed the standalone crypto module into vmlinux
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 10/17] build: add CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES support for the standalone crypto kernel module
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>