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

• COLD16d [PATCH v3] security: Expand task_setscheduler LSM hook to include CPU affinity mask
  2026-05-26 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD48d [PATCH v2 2/3] security: Expand task_setscheduler LSM hook to include CPU affinity mask
  2026-05-09 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD52d [PATCH 2/3] security: Expand task_setscheduler LSM hook to include CPU affinity mask
  2026-05-09 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE78d [PATCH 20/61] apparmor: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE288d 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>
• STALE350d [PATCH 24/26] KEYS: trusted_tpm1: Use SHA-1 library instead of crypto_shash
  2025-07-12 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• STALE407d [PATCH v5 2/7] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  2025-05-13 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE415d [PATCH v5 2/7] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  2025-05-12 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE417d [PATCH v5 2/7] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  2025-05-12 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE431d [PATCH v4 1/3] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  2025-03-21 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE994d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [RFC PATCH v12 13/33] security: Export security_inode_init_security_anon() for use by KVM
  2023-09-14 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE1029d [RFC PATCH v11 11/29] security: Export security_inode_init_security_anon() for use by KVM
  2023-07-18 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE1312d [PATCH mm-unstable v1 20/20] mm: rename FOLL_FORCE to FOLL_PTRACE
  2022-11-16 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>
• STALE2069d [PATCH 9/9] security/keys: remove compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov
  2020-09-25 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2069d [PATCH 4/9] iov_iter: transparently handle compat iovecs in import_iovec
  2020-09-25 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2109d [PATCH 4/9] iov_iter: transparently handle compat iovecs in import_iovec
  2020-09-23 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2109d [PATCH 9/9] security/keys: remove compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov
  2020-09-23 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2002d [PATCH 06/11] iov_iter: handle the compat case in import_iovec
  2020-09-21 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2002d [PATCH 11/11] security/keys: remove compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov
  2020-09-21 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2109d [PATCH 9/9] security/keys: remove compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov
  2020-09-18 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2109d [PATCH 4/9] fs: handle the compat case in import_iovec
  2020-09-18 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE2391d [PATCH v18 03/13] namei: allow nd_jump_link() to produce errors
  2019-12-06 · Aleksa Sarai <hidden>
• STALE2418d [PATCH RESEND v17 03/13] namei: allow nd_jump_link() to produce errors
  2019-11-20 · Aleksa Sarai <hidden>
• STALE2409d [PATCH v17 03/13] namei: allow nd_jump_link() to produce errors
  2019-11-17 · Aleksa Sarai <hidden>
• STALE2421d [PATCH v16 02/12] namei: allow nd_jump_link() to produce errors
  2019-11-16 · Aleksa Sarai <hidden>
• STALE2423d Re: [PATCH v15 3/9] namei: LOOKUP_NO_XDEV: block mountpoint crossing
  2019-11-13 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE2468d [PATCH v13 1/9] namei: obey trailing magic-link DAC permissions
  2019-09-30 · Aleksa Sarai <hidden>
• STALE2544d [PATCH 11/12] Documentation/x86: repointer docs to Documentation/arch/
  2019-07-12 · Alex Shi <hidden>
• STALE3101d [PATCH v7 04/10] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using relative references
  2018-01-02 · Ard Biesheuvel <hidden>
• STALE3109d [PATCH v6 3/8] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using relative references
  2017-12-27 · Ard Biesheuvel <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.

• STALE78d [PATCH 20/61] apparmor: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>