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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/3] Implement LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC
  2026-07-08 13:39 · 1 reply in 7d · Justin Suess <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH bpf-next v6 0/8] Verify BPF signed loader at load time
  2026-07-08 07:53 · 1 reply in 7d · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• WARM2d [PATCH v1] landlock: Document the threat model
  2026-07-07 21:03 · 0 replies in 7d · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• WARM3d [PATCH bpf-next v5 0/8] Verify BPF signed loader at load time
  2026-07-07 19:31 · 1 reply in 7d · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] ipe: fix typo
  2026-07-06 17:46 · 0 replies in 7d · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/9] Verify BPF signed loader at load time
  2026-07-06 13:56 · 1 reply in 7d · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-03

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH 3/3] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC
  2026-07-08 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• WARM2d IN BPF-NEXT [PATCH bpf-next v6 8/8] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-07-08 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• WARM2d [PATCH v1] landlock: Document the threat model
  2026-07-07 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• WARM3d [PATCH bpf-next v5 8/8] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-07-07 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] ipe: fix typo
  2026-07-06 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH bpf-next v4 9/9] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-07-06 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• COOLING5d [PATCH] ipe: fix bracket
  2026-07-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/6] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-07-02 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• WARM3d [PATCH] Documentation: landlock: Document fs.resolve_unix audit blocker
  2026-06-25 · Doehyun Baek <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/5] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-06-24 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• COLD20d [PATCH v9 6/9] landlock: Add documentation for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT
  2026-06-21 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 03/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/LoadPin Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 08/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/SafeSetID Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 03/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/LoadPin Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 10/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/landlock Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 09/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/ipe Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 05/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/Smack Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 01/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/index Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 06/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/tomoyo Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 07/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/Yama Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 04/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/SELinux Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 02/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/apparmor Chinese translation
  2026-06-12 · Yan Zhu <hidden>
• COLD29d [PATCH v11 2/9] landlock: Add API support and docs for the quiet flags
  2026-06-12 · Tingmao Wang <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH v5 6/6] landlock: Add documentation for UDP support
  2026-06-11 · Matthieu Buffet <hidden>
• COLD28d [PATCH bpf-next 5/5] Documentation/bpf: Add BPF signing and enforcement doc
  2026-06-10 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• COLD32d [PATCH v7 12/12] doc: security: Add documentation of exporting and deleting IMA measurements
  2026-06-05 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• COLD32d [PATCH v7 10/12] ima: Add support for flushing the hash table when staging measurements
  2026-06-05 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 3/3] hornet: update signing workflow documentation
  2026-06-02 · Blaise Boscaccy <hidden>
• COLD38d [PATCH 2/3] security, ipe: Remove LSM_INT_VERDICT_UNEXPECTED support
  2026-06-02 · Blaise Boscaccy <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.

• STALE134d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v6 6/6] docs: trusted-encryped: add PKWM as a new trust source
  2026-02-01 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE134d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v6 4/6] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module
  2026-02-01 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE124d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3 15/15] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename()
  2026-02-24 · NeilBrown <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE86d 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

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.

• STALE207d [PATCH v5 6/6] landlock: Add documentation for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT
  2025-12-14 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v6 6/6] landlock: Add documentation for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT
  2025-12-21 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• STALE192d [PATCH 1/6] landlock: Add LANDLOCK_SCOPE_PATHNAME_UNIX_SOCKET scope bit to uAPI
  2025-12-28 · Tingmao Wang <hidden>
• STALE179d [RFC PATCH 5/5] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_UNIX_CONNECT
  2026-01-01 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH v3 4/6] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module
  2026-01-06 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• STALE173d [PATCH v2 5/5] landlock: Document FS access rights for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-01-10 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE151d [PATCH v3 5/5] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-01-19 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE156d [PATCH v3 1/6] landlock: Add LANDLOCK_SCOPE_PATHNAME_UNIX_SOCKET scope bit to uAPI
  2026-02-03 · Tingmao Wang <hidden>
• STALE155d [PATCH v4 2/3] ima: trim N IMA event log records
  2026-02-05 · steven chen <hidden>
• STALE146d [PATCH v4 5/6] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-02-08 · Günther Noack <hidden>