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

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 0/2] Delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 06:57 · 1 reply in 7d · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  5 attestations (3 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-28
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• 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
• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-11

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v19 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v18 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 14 (14M) [PATCH v2] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-11 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-06 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v17 06/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-29 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE61d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-07 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• COLD53d [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• COLD55d [PATCH] rust: cred: add safe abstractions for capable() and ns_capable()
  2026-05-06 · Arnav Sharma <hidden>
• STALE62d [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>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE133d REVIEWED: 34 (33M) [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE130d [PATCH] cred: clarify usage of get_cred_rcu()
  2026-02-20 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE137d [PATCH] task: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-19 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE151d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v14 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-23 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE182d [PATCH] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-22 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE197d [PATCH] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-22 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE224d [RFC][PATCH] exec: Move cred computation under exec_update_lock
  2025-11-20 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• STALE200d [PATCH v18] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-11-18 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE155d [PATCH v13 2/4] rust: `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-11-17 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• STALE248d Re: [GIT PULL] Block fixes for 6.18-rc3
  2025-10-31 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE292d 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>
• STALE200d [PATCH v17] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-08-21 · Bernd Edlinger <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
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 14 (14M) [PATCH v2] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-11 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <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.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-23 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>