[GIT PULL] capabilities update for v7.0

From: Serge E. Hallyn

Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 18:03:42 EST


Hi Linus,

The following changes since commit 9ace4753a5202b02191d54e9fdf7f9e3d02b85eb:

Linux 6.19-rc4 (2026-01-04 14:41:55 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux.git tags/caps-pr-20260213

for you to fetch changes up to 071588136007482d70fd2667b827036bc60b1f8f:

ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions() (2026-01-27 21:30:42 -0600)

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Capabilities update for 7.0

This branch contains two patches which have been in linux-next for a
few weeks. The first,

security: Add KUnit tests for kuid_root_in_ns and vfsuid_root_in_currentns

adds some tests of core capabilities helpers. The second

ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions()

avoids emitting audit messages when there's not actually a permission
being denied.

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Ondrej Mosnacek (1):
ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions()

Ryan Foster (1):
security: Add KUnit tests for kuid_root_in_ns and vfsuid_root_in_currentns

MAINTAINERS | 1 +
include/linux/capability.h | 6 +
ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 2 +-
security/Kconfig | 17 +++
security/commoncap.c | 4 +
security/commoncap_test.c | 288 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 security/commoncap_test.c