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# b9cba7eb 17-Aug-2026 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Merge tag 'vfs-7.3-rc1.binfmt' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull binfmt updates from Christian Brauner:
"This contains a bunch of work for binfmt_misc. It fixes a bunch

Merge tag 'vfs-7.3-rc1.binfmt' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull binfmt updates from Christian Brauner:
"This contains a bunch of work for binfmt_misc. It fixes a bunch of
old bugs, reworks the locking, and then extends the format registry
so a binary type can be matched programmatically and its interpreter
computed per exec instead of being a fixed string recorded at
registration time.

This allows nixos and other to e.g., implement relocatable binaries
meaning the interpreter/dynamic loader can be determined
programatically, say found relative to the binary. The mechanism is
flexible and can support other policies:

- Handler lookup is now an rcu walk. An exec that matches no
binfmt_misc entry should now never write to a shared cacheline

- remove the VERBOSE_STATUS and USE_DEBUG compile time toggles

- convert the entry file to a seq_file which simplifies things quite
a bit and kills a lot of custom logic

- make flags proper enums

- rename struct Node to binfmt_misc_entry

- allow entries to be removed with unlink(2)

- Add the ability to attach bpf programs to binfmt_misc entries so
it's possible to dynamically choose the execution environment such
as the loader or interpreter on a per binary basis.

A handler is an instance of a binfmt_misc_ops struct_ops with a
->match() and a ->load() program. match() decides from the entry
lookup walk whether the handler applies under the same
registration-order. It can read file content as needed not only the
prefetched 256 bytes in bprm->buf.

load() then selects the interpreter and stages it through the new
bpf_binprm_set_interp(), bpf_binprm_set_interp_arg() and
bpf_binprm_set_flags() kfuncs.

Handlers are published in a registry keyed by the registering
task's user namespace and activated through the existing text
interface with a new 'B' type carrying the handler name:

echo ':origin:B::::nix:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

The permission and namespacing model is unchanged. Activating a
handler requires the same write access to an instance as any other
registration. A container mounting its own instance escapes the
host's entries exactly as before. The computed interpreter is
opened with open_exec() under the caller's credentials and goes
through full LSM vetting as the next binprm level. A program can
only ever redirect the caller to something the caller could exec
anyway.

- Two dispatch modes are added. So far the chosen interpreter owns
the whole process identity (argv[0], /proc/pid/cmdline,
/proc/self/exe all name interpreter information). So relocatable
find the dynamic linker instead. Also a binary passed to execveat()
as an inaccessible O_CLOEXEC fd cannot run at all and gdb trips
because AT_ENTRY and AT_PHDR do not match the exe file. So PIE
symbols are unrelocated.

This adds transparent dispatch which allows the interpreter to load
the binary through AT_EXECFD and leaves the argument vector exactly
as the caller built it and labels mm->exe_file and comm with the
binary. It also raises the AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP aux vector
bit. The interpreter keeps control of mapping the binary.

The second mode is loader substitution. This allows a binary to be
executed natively and only the interpreter to be changed.

- Last, interpreters can be bound at registration time. Each
interpreter is opened by its own write with the credentials the
entry file was opened with. The program picks one per exec with
bpf_binprm_select_interp().

Ucounts are used to properly account for pre-opened interpreters
via /proc/sys/user/max_binfmt_misc_interpreters"

* tag 'vfs-7.3-rc1.binfmt' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (63 commits)
binfmt_misc: document the pre-opened interpreter limit
selftests/exec: test the pre-opened interpreter limit
binfmt_misc: correctly account pre-opened interpreters
binfmt_misc: document interpreters bound by a 'B' entry
selftests/exec: test interpreters bound to a 'B' entry
binfmt_misc: let a 'B' entry bind its interpreters
binfmt_misc: carry pre-opened interpreters in struct binfmt_misc_interp
selftests/exec: share the bpf handler preconditions
binfmt_misc: document registering an entry disabled
selftests/exec: test registering an entry disabled
selftests/exec: let binfmt_flag_supported() return a bool
selftests/exec: check that a binfmt_misc instance cannot be pinned
binfmt_misc: let a register string create an entry disabled
binfmt_misc: document loader substitution
selftests/exec: test binfmt_misc loader substitution
binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler request loader substitution
binfmt_misc: add the 'L' loader substitution flag
binfmt_elf_fdpic: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute
binfmt_elf: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute
exec: carry a PT_INTERP substitute in struct linux_binprm
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Revision tags: v7.2, v7.2-rc7, v7.2-rc6
# 25757bc8 28-Jul-2026 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

selftests/exec: check that a binfmt_misc instance cannot be pinned

An 'F' entry whose interpreter keeps the binfmt_misc superblock alive
pins the instance that owns it forever. Cover both ways to bu

selftests/exec: check that a binfmt_misc instance cannot be pinned

An 'F' entry whose interpreter keeps the binfmt_misc superblock alive
pins the instance that owns it forever. Cover both ways to build that:

- an interpreter on the instance's own files, control file and entry
file alike

- and an instance used as an overlayfs lower layer.

Check that an ordinary 'F' registration still succeeds so the fix stays
honest about not changing what 'F' promises.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260728-work-binfmt_misc-selfpin-v1-2-74df5daeca5b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v7.2-rc5
# b2a52381 25-Jul-2026 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

Merge patch series "binfmt_misc: transparent interpreters and PT_INTERP loader substitution"

Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

binfmt_misc has exactly one execution model where the regis

Merge patch series "binfmt_misc: transparent interpreters and PT_INTERP loader substitution"

Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says:

binfmt_misc has exactly one execution model where the registered
interpreter becomes the executed program and the matched binary is
handed to it as an argument. For wine or qemu-user that is the point.
For a per-binary loader it is backwards. The interpreter is an
implementation detail of running the binary, yet it owns the entire
process identity:

- argv[0] and /proc/pid/cmdline show the interpreter invocation, not
what the caller executed.

- /proc/self/exe names the interpreter. Relocatable programs commonly
locate themselves through it and find the dynamic linker instead.

- A binary passed to execveat() as an inaccessible O_CLOEXEC fd
cannot run at all as the interpreter has no path to open it by.

- gdb cross-validates AT_ENTRY/AT_PHDR against the exe file and
discards the load displacement on mismatch leaving PIE symbols
unrelocated.

This series adds two dispatch modes that close the gap from opposite
ends:

(1) transparent dispatch

Registered with the 'T' flag or chosen per exec with
BPF_BINPRM_TRANSPARENT. The binary is sent to the interpreter through
AT_EXECFD, the argument vector stays exactly as the caller built it,
and the kernel labels mm->exe_file and comm with the binary. A new
AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP aux vector bit is raised indicating that
nothing was spliced, argv belongs to the program, and to load it from
the descriptor.

The interpreter keeps control of mapping the binary, so the mode
covers foreign architectures and non-ELF payloads.

The exe label is not a new privilege. It names precisely the file the
caller passed to execve(), not a file of the process's choosing. That
file is permission-checked, write-denied while the process runs and
recorded by audit. Credential derivation does not change exactly as
today.

(2) loader substitution

The kernel executes the matched binary natively as the main image
and substitutes the registered interpreter for the binary's
PT_INTERP. binfmt_misc functions as a PT_INTERP override. There is
no contract and no identity to reconstruct. So a stock dynamic
loader works unchanged. Hence, 'L' is for native-arch ELF with
PT_INTERP.

The two modes compose. A bpf handler reads the ELF header from bprm->buf
and grades per binary, picking 'L' where it applies and 'T' or classic
dispatch for the rest. If userspace control over relocation is wanted
'T' is the way to go.

* patches from https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-0-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org: (21 commits)
binfmt_misc: document loader substitution
selftests/exec: test binfmt_misc loader substitution
binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler request loader substitution
binfmt_misc: add the 'L' loader substitution flag
binfmt_elf_fdpic: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute
binfmt_elf: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute
exec: carry a PT_INTERP substitute in struct linux_binprm
binfmt_misc: document the transparent identity contract
selftests/exec: test the transparent binfmt_misc mode
binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler run the interpreter transparently
binfmt_misc: add a static transparent flag 'T'
binfmt_misc: add transparent interpreter dispatch
exec: label mm->exe_file with the binary for a transparent dispatch
exec: add AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP
selftests/exec: convert the binfmt_misc bpf test to the kselftest harness
exec: release the replaced file with do_close_execat()
binfmt_misc: split out entry_open_interpreter() and build_interp_argv()
binfmt_misc: normalize the per-exec invocation flags
binfmt_misc: table-drive the register string flags
docs, binfmt_misc: keep general usage out of the handler sections
...

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-0-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

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# 26860105 21-Jul-2026 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

selftests/exec: convert the binfmt_misc bpf test to the kselftest harness

The test reports its own pass and fail lines, returns a bare 4 for
KSFT_SKIP and runs both cases in one process, so a failur

selftests/exec: convert the binfmt_misc bpf test to the kselftest harness

The test reports its own pass and fail lines, returns a bare 4 for
KSFT_SKIP and runs both cases in one process, so a failure in the first
takes the second with it. It also open-codes the register, unregister,
file-copy and mount helpers that the tests for the upcoming transparent
and loader dispatch modes need again.

Convert it to the kselftest harness: a fixture for the common setup and
teardown, one TEST_F per case so each is reported and isolated
separately, and SKIP() for the root, BTF and binfmt_misc preconditions.
Move the helpers to a shared header on the way, with the register
helper preserving the write's errno so a caller can tell a rejected
flag combination (EINVAL) from a kernel that does not know the flag at
all. The synthetic ELF header gains an e_machine argument and uses the
elf.h constants instead of open-coded numbers.

The fixture no longer mounts bpffs. The handler is attached with
bpf_map__attach_struct_ops() and nothing is ever pinned, the mount was
carried along from a bpftool-based draft. The bpf objects are compiled
with -DBPF_NO_KFUNC_PROTOTYPES - the guard bpftool emits for exactly
this - instead of sed'ing the prototypes out of the generated
vmlinux.h. And the config fragment records the options the binfmt_misc
tests need so a merge-config kernel can run them.

No change in what is tested.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-work-bpf-binfmt_misc-ptinterp-v2-7-e57866e4ae0f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v7.2-rc4, v7.2-rc3, v7.2-rc2, v7.2-rc1, v7.1, v7.1-rc7, v7.1-rc6, v7.1-rc5, v7.1-rc4, v7.1-rc3, v7.1-rc2, v7.1-rc1, v7.0, v7.0-rc7, v7.0-rc6, v7.0-rc5, v7.0-rc4, v7.0-rc3, v7.0-rc2, v7.0-rc1, v6.19, v6.19-rc8, v6.19-rc7, v6.19-rc6, v6.19-rc5, v6.19-rc4, v6.19-rc3, v6.19-rc2, v6.19-rc1, v6.18, v6.18-rc7, v6.18-rc6, v6.18-rc5, v6.18-rc4, v6.18-rc3, v6.18-rc2, v6.18-rc1, v6.17, v6.17-rc7, v6.17-rc6, v6.17-rc5, v6.17-rc4, v6.17-rc3, v6.17-rc2, v6.17-rc1, v6.16, v6.16-rc7, v6.16-rc6, v6.16-rc5, v6.16-rc4, v6.16-rc3, v6.16-rc2, v6.16-rc1, v6.15, v6.15-rc7, v6.15-rc6, v6.15-rc5, v6.15-rc4, v6.15-rc3, v6.15-rc2
# 1260ed77 08-Apr-2025 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Backmerging to get updates from v6.15-rc1.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>


Revision tags: v6.15-rc1
# 946661e3 05-Apr-2025 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 6.15 merge window.


Revision tags: v6.14, v6.14-rc7, v6.14-rc6, v6.14-rc5
# 0b119045 26-Feb-2025 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge tag 'v6.14-rc4' into next

Sync up with the mainline.


Revision tags: v6.14-rc4, v6.14-rc3, v6.14-rc2
# 9e676a02 05-Feb-2025 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

Merge tag 'v6.14-rc1' into perf-tools-next

To get the various fixes in the current master.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>


# 0410c612 28-Feb-2025 Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-next

Sync to fix conlicts between drm-xe-next and drm-intel-next.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>


# 93c7dd1b 06-Feb-2025 Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Bring rc1 to start the new release dev.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>


# ea9f8f2b 05-Feb-2025 Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Sync with v6.14-rc1.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>


# c771600c 05-Feb-2025 Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@ursulin.net>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

We need
4ba4f1afb6a9 ("perf: Generic hotplug support for a PMU with a scope")
in order to land a i915 PMU simplification and a fix. That landed in 6.12
and

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

We need
4ba4f1afb6a9 ("perf: Generic hotplug support for a PMU with a scope")
in order to land a i915 PMU simplification and a fix. That landed in 6.12
and we are stuck at 6.9 so lets bump things forward.

Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@ursulin.net>

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# b3cc7428 26-Mar-2025 Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com>

Merge branch 'for-6.15/amd_sfh' into for-linus

From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>

Some platforms include a human presence detection (HPD) sensor. When
enabled and a user is detecte

Merge branch 'for-6.15/amd_sfh' into for-linus

From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>

Some platforms include a human presence detection (HPD) sensor. When
enabled and a user is detected a wake event will be emitted from the
sensor fusion hub that software can react to.

Example use cases are "wake from suspend on approach" or to "lock
when leaving".

This is currently enabled by default on supported systems, but users
can't control it. This essentially means that wake on approach is
enabled which is a really surprising behavior to users that don't
expect it.

Instead of defaulting to enabled add a sysfs knob that users can
use to enable the feature if desirable and set it to disabled by
default.

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Revision tags: v6.14-rc1
# 21266b8d 23-Jan-2025 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Merge tag 'AT_EXECVE_CHECK-v6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull AT_EXECVE_CHECK from Kees Cook:

- Implement AT_EXECVE_CHECK flag to execveat(2) (Mickaël Sala

Merge tag 'AT_EXECVE_CHECK-v6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull AT_EXECVE_CHECK from Kees Cook:

- Implement AT_EXECVE_CHECK flag to execveat(2) (Mickaël Salaün)

- Implement EXEC_RESTRICT_FILE and EXEC_DENY_INTERACTIVE securebits
(Mickaël Salaün)

- Add selftests and samples for AT_EXECVE_CHECK (Mickaël Salaün)

* tag 'AT_EXECVE_CHECK-v6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
ima: instantiate the bprm_creds_for_exec() hook
samples/check-exec: Add an enlighten "inc" interpreter and 28 tests
selftests: ktap_helpers: Fix uninitialized variable
samples/check-exec: Add set-exec
selftests/landlock: Add tests for execveat + AT_EXECVE_CHECK
selftests/exec: Add 32 tests for AT_EXECVE_CHECK and exec securebits
security: Add EXEC_RESTRICT_FILE and EXEC_DENY_INTERACTIVE securebits
exec: Add a new AT_EXECVE_CHECK flag to execveat(2)

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Revision tags: v6.13, v6.13-rc7, v6.13-rc6, v6.13-rc5, v6.13-rc4, v6.13-rc3
# b083cc81 12-Dec-2024 Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>

selftests/exec: Add 32 tests for AT_EXECVE_CHECK and exec securebits

Test that checks performed by execveat(..., AT_EXECVE_CHECK) are
consistent with noexec mount points and file execute permissions

selftests/exec: Add 32 tests for AT_EXECVE_CHECK and exec securebits

Test that checks performed by execveat(..., AT_EXECVE_CHECK) are
consistent with noexec mount points and file execute permissions.

Test that SECBIT_EXEC_RESTRICT_FILE and SECBIT_EXEC_DENY_INTERACTIVE are
inherited by child processes and that they can be pinned with the
appropriate SECBIT_EXEC_RESTRICT_FILE_LOCKED and
SECBIT_EXEC_DENY_INTERACTIVE_LOCKED bits.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241212174223.389435-4-mic@digikod.net
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

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