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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-12-01 13:45:41 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-12-01 13:45:41 -0800
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Merge tag 'kernel-6.19-rc1.cred' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfsHEADmaster
Pull cred guard updates from Christian Brauner: "This contains substantial credential infrastructure improvements adding guard-based credential management that simplifies code and eliminates manual reference counting in many subsystems. Features: - Kernel Credential Guards Add with_kernel_creds() and scoped_with_kernel_creds() guards that allow using the kernel credentials without allocating and copying them. This was requested by Linus after seeing repeated prepare_kernel_creds() calls that duplicate the kernel credentials only to drop them again later. The new guards completely avoid the allocation and never expose the temporary variable to hold the kernel credentials anywhere in callers. - Generic Credential Guards Add scoped_with_creds() guards for the common override_creds() and revert_creds() pattern. This builds on earlier work that made override_creds()/revert_creds() completely reference count free. - Prepare Credential Guards Add prepare credential guards for the more complex pattern of preparing a new set of credentials and overriding the current credentials with them: - prepare_creds() - modify new creds - override_creds() - revert_creds() - put_cred() Cleanups: - Make init_cred static since it should not be directly accessed - Add kernel_cred() helper to properly access the kernel credentials - Fix scoped_class() macro that was introduced two cycles ago - coredump: split out do_coredump() from vfs_coredump() for cleaner credential handling - coredump: move revert_cred() before coredump_cleanup() - coredump: mark struct mm_struct as const - coredump: pass struct linux_binfmt as const - sev-dev: use guard for path" * tag 'kernel-6.19-rc1.cred' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (36 commits) trace: use override credential guard trace: use prepare credential guard coredump: use override credential guard coredump: use prepare credential guard coredump: split out do_coredump() from vfs_coredump() coredump: mark struct mm_struct as const coredump: pass struct linux_binfmt as const coredump: move revert_cred() before coredump_cleanup() sev-dev: use override credential guards sev-dev: use prepare credential guard sev-dev: use guard for path cred: add prepare credential guard net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query() cgroup: use credential guards in cgroup_attach_permissions() act: use credential guards in acct_write_process() smb: use credential guards in cifs_get_spnego_key() nfs: use credential guards in nfs_idmap_get_key() nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_write() nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_read() erofs: use credential guards ...
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