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• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
• R Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [RFC PATCH 0/2] keys: Address lookup_user_key() mutability
  2026-09-24 05:55 · 2 replies in 7d · Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC -next 00/12] landlock: Add READ_METADATA and WRITE_METADATA access rights
  2026-09-24 10:23 · 1 reply in 7d · Cai Xinchen <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] ima: discard modsig on detached-data binding failure
  2026-09-24 08:56 · 0 replies in 7d · Jérémy Jean <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 0/2] landlock: clarify TTY signal scoping
  2026-09-23 16:36 · 1 reply in 7d · Christopher Lusk <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v1 0/9] landlock: Fix tracepoint policy context
  2026-09-18 18:51 · 2 replies in 7d · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
  3 attestations (3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-23
• Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-24
• Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-23
• Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-14

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC -next 12/12] Documentation: Update landlock doc for metadata rights
  2026-09-24 · Cai Xinchen <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] ima: discard modsig on detached-data binding failure
  2026-09-24 · Jérémy Jean <hidden>
• HOTtoday [RFC PATCH 2/2] keys: Reject keyring creation with overridden credentials
  2026-09-24 · Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [RFC PATCH 1/2] keys: Return user session keyring on lookup
  2026-09-24 · Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 1/2] docs: landlock: clarify TTY signal scoping
  2026-09-23 · Christopher Lusk <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v1 9/9] landlock: Fix tracepoint contract documentation
  2026-09-18 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v1 3/9] landlock: Fix rule tracepoint context
  2026-09-18 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2] docs: landlock: clarify TTY signal scoping
  2026-09-16 · Christopher Lusk <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH] docs: landlock: clarify TTY signal scoping
  2026-09-14 · Christopher Lusk <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: keys: document IDs added since KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY
  2026-09-14 · Andrew Halaney <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH bpf-next v3 15/15] landlock: Document the BPF policy interface
  2026-09-09 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH bpf-next v3 08/15] lsm: Document the LSM policy object interface
  2026-09-09 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• COLD20d [PATCH v3] Kconfig: fix typos in core makefiles/code and purge remaining ghosts (v3)
  2026-09-05 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH v3] ipe: fix invalid sgid value in audit event documentation
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD22d [Resend PATCH v2] ipe: fix typo
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH 26/27] fs: port mnt_idmap() and file_mnt_idmap() to const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 24/27] fs: port ->setattr() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 23/27] fs: port ->getattr() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 22/27] fs: port ->create() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 21/27] fs: port ->symlink() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 20/27] fs: port ->mkdir() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 19/27] fs: port ->rename() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 18/27] fs: port ->mknod() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 17/27] fs: port ->tmpfile() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 16/27] fs: port ->get_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 15/27] fs: port ->set_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 14/27] fs: port ->fileattr_set() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 13/27] fs: port xattr to const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH 12/27] fs: port ->permission() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD22d [PATCH v2 15/15] landlock: Document the BPF policy interface
  2026-08-31 · Justin Suess <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.

• STALE161d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4] KEYS: trusted: Debugging as a feature
  2026-04-15 · Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 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 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• STALE185d [PATCH v7 11/11] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-03-23 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE176d [PATCH v4 10/13] ima: Add support for flushing the hash table when staging measurements
  2026-03-26 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• STALE176d [PATCH v4 13/13] doc: security: Add documentation of the IMA staging mechanism
  2026-03-26 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• STALE175d LANDED [PATCH v8 12/12] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-03-27 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• COLD49d [PATCH v2 17/17] landlock: Document tracepoints
  2026-04-06 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• STALE65d [RFC PATCH 18/20] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS
  2026-04-07 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• STALE65d [RFC PATCH 19/20] bpf: Document BPF_MAP_TYPE_LANDLOCK_RULESET
  2026-04-07 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 5/5] landlock: Document chmod and chown support in example code
  2026-04-12 · Jeffrey Bencteux <hidden>