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

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-05-07
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-05-07

Recent patches

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

• [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-07 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• [PATCH] rust: cred: add safe abstractions for capable() and ns_capable()
  2026-05-06 · Arnav Sharma <hidden>
• [PATCH] Documentation: fix typo and formattting in security/credentials.rst
  2026-05-06 · Mayank Gite <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• [PATCH RFC v3 1/2] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks
  2026-02-23 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] cred: clarify usage of get_cred_rcu()
  2026-02-20 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• [PATCH] task: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-19 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• [PATCH RFC v2] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks
  2026-02-17 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH RFC] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks
  2026-02-16 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v14 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`.
  2026-02-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-23 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• [PATCH] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-22 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• [PATCH] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-22 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• [RFC][PATCH] exec: Move cred computation under exec_update_lock
  2025-11-20 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• [PATCH v18] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-11-18 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• [PATCH v13 2/4] rust: `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-11-17 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• [PATCH 01/12] cred: add prepare credential guard
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 01/16] cred: add {scoped_}with_creds() guards
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v4 11/72] ns: add active reference count
  2025-10-29 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [RFC 2/1] kill task_ucounts()->rcu_read_lock(), add __task_ucounts()
  2025-10-26 · Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
• [PATCH v3 11/70] ns: add active reference count
  2025-10-24 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2 10/63] ns: add active reference count
  2025-10-22 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH RFC DRAFT 09/50] ns: add active reference count
  2025-10-21 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v12 2/4] `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.
  2025-10-01 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] rust_binder: add Rust Binder driver
  2025-09-19 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• [PATCH] rust_binder: add Rust Binder driver
  2025-09-18 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.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.

• [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH v3 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-05-07 · 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.

• [PATCH v4 11/72] ns: add active reference count
  2025-10-29 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 01/16] cred: add {scoped_}with_creds() guards
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 01/12] cred: add prepare credential guard
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
  2025-12-23 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• [PATCH RFC v2] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks
  2026-02-17 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>