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 stable (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• COLD59d Re: Linux 6.18.42
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.101
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.18 269/675] cred: add scoped_with_kernel_creds()
  2026-07-30 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.12.y 4/5] cred: add scoped_with_kernel_creds()
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.12.y 3/5] cred: add kernel_cred() helper
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.18.y 2/3] cred: add scoped_with_kernel_creds()
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] cred: add kernel_cred() helper
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.13.7
  2025-03-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE559d [PATCH 6.13 115/207] cred: Fix RCU warnings in override/revert_creds
  2025-03-10 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE559d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH 6.13 114/207] cred: return old creds from revert_creds_light()
  2025-03-10 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.8
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1015d Re: Linux 6.1.69
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1015d Re: Linux 4.19.303
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1015d Re: Linux 4.14.334
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.4.265
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1015d Re: Linux 5.10.205
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.144
  2023-12-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.16.11
  2022-02-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.25
  2022-02-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1683d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ucounts: Base set_cred_ucounts changes on the real user" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2022-02-21 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE1687d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 3/5] ucounts: Base set_cred_ucounts changes on the real user
  2022-02-16 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• STALE1689d [PATCH 3/8] ucounts: Fix and simplify RLIMIT_NPROC handling during setuid()+execve
  2022-02-11 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• STALE1689d [PATCH 2/8] ucounts: Fix set_cred_ucounts
  2022-02-11 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• STALE1800d Re: Linux 5.14.15
  2021-10-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (0M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ucounts: Proper error handling in set_cred_ucounts" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2021-10-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (0M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ucounts: Move get_ucounts from cred_alloc_blank to" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2021-10-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 4.19.209
  2021-10-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 4.14.249
  2021-10-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 4.9.285
  2021-10-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 4.4.286
  2021-10-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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.

• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] cred: add kernel_cred() helper
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.18.y 2/3] cred: add scoped_with_kernel_creds()
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.12.y 3/5] cred: add kernel_cred() helper
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE65d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH 6.12.y 4/5] cred: add scoped_with_kernel_creds()
  2026-07-27 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 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 Re: Linux 6.12.101
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD59d Re: Linux 6.18.42
  2026-08-03 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>