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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)

• WARM2d [PATCH] cred: mark the copy in prepare_creds() as a data race
  2026-10-30 03:33 · 0 replies in 7d · Babanpreet Singh <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/8] userns: per-namespace capability bounding set and opt-in netns loopback
  2026-10-28 22:18 · 1 reply in 7d · Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-10-30
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-10-30

Recent patches

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

• WARM2d [PATCH] cred: mark the copy in prepare_creds() as a data race
  2026-10-30 · Babanpreet Singh <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 3/8] userns: allow restricting capability bounding set via clone3()
  2026-10-28 · Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson <hidden>
• Re: [PATCH 01/13] cred: gather the rules for acting on a task by uid
  2026-10-23 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• COOLING11d [PATCH 01/13] cred: gather the rules for acting on a task by uid
  2026-10-18 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• COOLING13d SUPERSEDED [PATCH 1/5] cred: record how far up CAP_SETFCAP reaches
  2026-10-06 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• COLD51d REVIEWED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v21 4/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-09-10 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD56d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v20 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-08-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH] cred: clarify that task_struct::cred is only for the current task
  2026-08-06 · Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• STALE118d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE89d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• STALE90d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• STALE119d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v19 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE130d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v18 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD54d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-11 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• STALE145d [PATCH] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-06 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• STALE131d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v17 06/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-06-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE123d SUPERSEDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-29 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE180d SUPERSEDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-07 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE172d LANDED [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• STALE174d [PATCH] rust: cred: add safe abstractions for capable() and ns_capable()
  2026-05-06 · Arnav Sharma <hidden>
• STALE181d [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE246d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE252d SUPERSEDED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE248d [PATCH] cred: clarify usage of get_cred_rcu()
  2026-02-20 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE256d [PATCH] task: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-19 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE271d SUPERSEDED: 1 (1M) [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>
• STALE300d [PATCH] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-22 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>

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.

• COLD54d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2] cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar
  2026-06-11 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE90d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE89d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function
  2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE118d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid() +1 more in this series
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by