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)

• Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-03

Recent patches

Most-recent 29 patches in this subsystem on linux-doc, ordered by date desc.

• COOLING11d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• COLD15d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-29 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE72d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-07 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE64d [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• STALE73d [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE148d [PATCH] task: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-19 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE750d [PATCH v2 1/4] capabilities: Add user namespace capabilities
  2024-06-09 · Jonathan Calmels <hidden>
• STALE1496d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-06-08 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1512d [PATCH v2] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-05-25 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE2138d LANDED [PATCH] Documentation: remove current_security() reference
  2020-08-30 · Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
• STALE2203d LANDED [PATCH v2] Security: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage
  2020-07-06 · Puranjay Mohan <hidden>
• STALE2203d [PATCH v1] Security: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage
  2020-07-06 · Puranjay Mohan <hidden>
• STALE2203d [PATCH] Security: Documentation: fix: `make htmldocs` warnings
  2020-07-06 · Puranjay Mohan <hidden>
• STALE2204d LANDED [PATCH] Documentation: Clarify f_cred vs current_cred() use
  2020-07-03 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v7 15/16] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2020-03-30 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v6 15/16] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2020-03-21 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v6 16/16] doc: Update documentation of ->exec_*_mutex
  2020-03-21 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 09/16] kernel: doc: remove outdated comment cred.c
  2020-03-20 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2310d [PATCH 1/2] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2020-03-15 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2310d [PATCH 2/2] doc: Update documentation of ->exec_*_mutex
  2020-03-15 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2320d [PATCH 4/4] kernel: doc: remove outdated comment cred.c
  2020-03-10 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2326d [PATCHv6] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-04 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2327d [PATCHv5] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-03 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2327d [PATCHv4] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-02 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2329d [PATCHv3] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-02 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2329d [PATCHv2] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-01 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2329d LANDED [PATCH] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
  2020-03-01 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE2797d [PATCH] Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
  2018-11-19 · Will Deacon <hidden>

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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING11d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by