exec & binfmt api, elf · Supported

Maintainers

• M Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst
• F fs/*binfmt_*.c
• F fs/Kconfig.binfmt
• F fs/exec.c
• F fs/tests/binfmt_*_kunit.c
• F fs/tests/exec_kunit.c
• F include/linux/binfmts.h
• F include/linux/elf.h
• F include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
• F include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
• F include/uapi/linux/elf.h
• F kernel/fork.c
• F mm/vma_exec.c
• F tools/testing/selftests/exec/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday Linux 6.12.97
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Linux 6.6.145
  2026-07-24 15:06 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH] exec: fix unsigned loop counter wrap in transfer_args_to_stack()
  2026-07-21 10:09 · 0 replies in 7d · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-07-20 15:15 · 0 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-07-20 15:15 · 0 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-07-20 15:15 · 0 replies in 7d · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 00/21] binfmt_misc: transparent interpreters and PT_INTERP loader substitution
  2026-07-20 09:34 · 1 reply in 7d · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.97
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday Re: Linux 6.6.145
  2026-07-24 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH] exec: fix unsigned loop counter wrap in transfer_args_to_stack()
  2026-07-21 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-07-20 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 01/21] exec: do not act on a stale execfd request without an executable
  2026-07-20 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD20d Re: Linux 7.1.3
  2026-07-04 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.38
  2026-07-04 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD20d Re: Linux 6.12.95
  2026-07-04 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.210
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD38d [PATCH 1/2] kernel/fork: clear PF_BLOCK_TS in copy_process()
  2026-06-16 · Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
• COLD42d Re: [PATCH v2] block: invalidate cached plug timestamp after task switch
  2026-06-12 · Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
• COLD33d REVIEWED: 7 (6M) [PATCH 6.12 030/307] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone()
  2026-06-07 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD38d REVIEWED: 7 (6M) [PATCH 6.18 015/315] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone()
  2026-06-07 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD45d REVIEWED: 7 (6M) [PATCH 7.0 015/332] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone()
  2026-06-07 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD53d Re: Linux 6.1.175
  2026-06-01 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.209
  2026-06-01 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD53d [PATCH] fork: Ensure copy_process() returns a valid error pointer on failure
  2026-06-01 · Shijia Hu <hidden>
• COLD53d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH 5.15 493/776] unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure
  2026-05-30 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD51d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH 6.1 585/969] unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure
  2026-05-30 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE62d Re: Linux 7.0.10
  2026-05-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.33
  2026-05-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD56d Re: Linux 6.12.91
  2026-05-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.141
  2026-05-23 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH 6.6 204/508] unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure
  2026-05-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD58d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH 6.12 306/666] unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure
  2026-05-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d [PATCH 6.18 859/957] futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc
  2026-05-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD57d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH 6.18 430/957] unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure
  2026-05-20 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH 7.0 1036/1146] futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc
  2026-05-20 · 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.

• STALE141d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-5.10] unshare: fix unshare_fs() handling
  2026-03-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE107d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.6.y 4/4] fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized
  2026-04-02 · <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE95d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.12.y] kernel: be more careful about dup_mmap() failures and uprobe registering
  2026-04-15 · Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> · 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 6.1.160
  2026-01-11 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE146d [PATCH 6.19 130/781] fs/tests: exec: drop duplicate bprm_stack_limits test vectors
  2026-02-25 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE137d [PATCH 6.18 117/641] fs/tests: exec: drop duplicate bprm_stack_limits test vectors
  2026-02-25 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.14
  2026-02-26 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE146d Re: Linux 6.19.4
  2026-02-26 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE115d Re: Linux 6.18.19
  2026-03-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.19.9
  2026-03-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.1.167
  2026-03-25 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.130
  2026-03-25 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE121d Re: Linux 6.12.78
  2026-03-25 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>