security subsystem · Supported

Maintainers

• M Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
• M James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
• M "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/lsm/
• F include/linux/lsm_audit.h
• F include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
• F include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
• F include/linux/security.h
• F include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
• F security/
• F tools/testing/selftests/lsm/
• F rust/kernel/security.rs
• X security/selinux/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

Most-recent 18 patches in this subsystem on linux-fbdev, ordered by date desc.

• COOLING7d [PATCH v3 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-09-11 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING13d [PATCH v6 4/4] tree-wide: purge verified remaining legacy ghost options
  2026-09-05 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COOLING13d [PATCH v2] Kconfig: purge twenty-eight legacy ghost options (v2)
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COOLING13d [PATCH] Kconfig: purge twenty-nine legacy ghost options
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COLD53d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE70d [PATCH 1/2] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE828d [PATCH v1 1/1] treewide: Align match_string() with sysfs_match_string()
  2024-06-03 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE2576d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 37/41] security/tomoyo: convert put_page() to put_user_page*()
  2019-08-07 · <hidden>
• STALE2621d [PATCH 11/12] Documentation/x86: repointer docs to Documentation/arch/
  2019-07-12 · Alex Shi <hidden>
• STALE2627d [PATCH v1 11/22] docs: admin-guide: add .rst files from the main dir
  2019-06-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
• STALE2669d [PATCH 2/3][V2] treewide: rename match_string() -> __match_string()
  2019-05-28 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2669d [PATCH 02/16] treewide: rename match_string() -> __match_string()
  2019-05-08 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2964d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH v4 04/26] docs: fix broken references with multiple hints
  2018-06-15 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
• STALE2999d [PATCH v3 04/27] docs: fix broken references with multiple hints
  2018-06-14 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
• STALE3018d [PATCH v2 11/11] docs: fix broken references with multiple hints
  2018-05-09 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
• STALE3614d [PATCH 07/10] mm: replace get_user_pages_remote() write/force parameters with gup_flags
  2016-10-13 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE5677d [RFC PATCH 3/2] security: update security_netlink_recv hook prototype
  2011-03-03 · Chris Wright <hidden>
• STALE5677d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 2/2 v2] netlink: kill eff_cap from struct netlink_skb_parms
  2011-03-03 · Chris Wright <hidden>

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.

• COLD53d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>