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

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach
  2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• STALE253d 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>
• STALE620d [PATCH v2 2/2] security: remove unused cred_alloc_blank/cred_transfer helpers
  2024-08-05 · Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• STALE664d [PATCH RFC] security/KEYS: get rid of cred_alloc_blank and cred_transfer
  2024-08-02 · Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• STALE700d [PATCH v2 1/4] capabilities: Add user namespace capabilities
  2024-06-09 · Jonathan Calmels <hidden>
• STALE1183d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v38 14/39] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-09-27 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1183d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v38 13/39] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-09-27 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1417d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v37 07/33] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-06-28 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1417d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v37 08/33] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-06-28 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1437d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v36 08/33] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-06-09 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1437d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v36 07/33] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-06-09 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1446d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-06-08 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1463d [PATCH v2] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-05-25 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1467d [PATCH] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code
  2022-05-20 · Frederick Lawler <hidden>
• STALE1493d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v35 07/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-04-18 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1493d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v35 08/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-04-18 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1505d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v34 08/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-04-15 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1505d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v34 07/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-04-15 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1503d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v34 08/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-04-07 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1503d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v34 07/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-04-07 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1536d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v33 08/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-03-10 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1536d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v33 07/29] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-03-10 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1547d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v32 08/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2022-02-03 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1547d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v32 07/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2022-02-03 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1626d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v31 08/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2021-12-13 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1626d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v31 07/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2021-12-13 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1636d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v30 08/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2021-11-24 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1636d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v30 07/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2021-11-24 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1708d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH v29 07/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid
  2021-09-24 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE1708d REVIEWED: 8 (7M) [PATCH v29 06/28] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as
  2021-09-24 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>

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>