security_bp...mitted_creds(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay bestie, welcome to security_bprm_committed_creds(9) — yes, the whole title — straight out of the Kernel API Manual. This is the little hook that handles cleanup right after creds get installed during exec(), and it's giving “aftercare era” in the best way. 💖

security_bprm_committed_creds — tidy up after cred install during exec(). That's the whole assignment, no cap. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The signature is short and iconic:

void security_bprm_committed_creds (const struct linux_binprm *bprm );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bprm — binary program information. That's the one and only argument, and it's literally handing you the binary program info. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so picture the process mid-execve glow-up: its new security attributes are being installed, and this hook is the aftercare. By the time we're here, the new credentials have already been set to current->cred — no cap, that's the state. bprm points to the linux_binprm structure.

This hook is a good place to perform state changes on the process, such as clearing out non-inheritable signal state. It is called immediately after commit_creds. Periodt. ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./security/security.c — that's the spot. Now the full reference stack, every single (9) bestie, no skips:

lsm_file_alloc(9), lsm_backing_file_alloc(9), lsm_blob_alloc(9),
lsm_cred_alloc(9), lsm_inode_alloc(9), lsm_task_alloc(9),
lsm_ipc_alloc(9), lsm_key_alloc(9), lsm_msg_msg_alloc(9),
lsm_bdev_alloc(9), lsm_bpf_map_alloc(9), lsm_bpf_prog_alloc(9),
lsm_bpf_token_alloc(9), lsm_superblock_alloc(9), lsm_fill_user_ctx(9),
security_binder_set_context_mgr(9), security_binder_transaction(9),
security_binder_transfer_binder(9), security_binder_transfer_file(9),
security_ptrace_access_check(9), security_ptrace_traceme(9),
security_capget(9), security_capset(9), security_capable(9),
security_quotactl(9), security_quota_on(9), security_syslog(9),
security_settime64(9), security_vm_enough_memory_mm(9),
security_bprm_creds_for_exec(9), security_bprm_creds_from_file(9),
security_bprm_check(9), security_bprm_committing_creds(9),
security_fs_context_submount(9), security_fs_context_dup(9),
security_fs_context_parse_param(9), security_sb_alloc(9),
security_sb_delete(9), security_sb_free(9), security_free_mnt_opts(9),
security_sb_eat_lsm_opts(9), security_sb_mnt_opts_compat(9),
security_sb_remount(9), security_sb_kern_mount(9),
security_sb_show_options(9), security_sb_statfs(9),
security_sb_mount(9), security_sb_umount(9), security_sb_pivotroot(9),
security_sb_set_mnt_opts(9), security_sb_clone_mnt_opts(9),
security_move_mount(9), security_path_notify(9),
security_inode_alloc(9), security_inode_free(9),
security_dentry_init_security(9), security_dentry_create_files_as(9),
security_inode_init_security(9), security_inode_init_security_anon(9),
security_path_mknod(9), security_path_post_mknod(9),
security_path_mkdir(9), security_path_rmdir(9), security_path_unlink(9),
security_path_symlink(9), security_path_link(9),
security_path_rename(9), security_path_truncate(9),
security_path_chmod(9), security_path_chown(9), security_path_chroot(9),
security_inode_create(9), security_inode_post_create_tmpfile(9),
security_inode_link(9), security_inode_unlink(9),
security_inode_symlink(9), security_inode_mkdir(9),
security_inode_rmdir(9), security_inode_mknod(9),
security_inode_rename(9), security_inode_readlink(9),
security_inode_follow_link(9), security_inode_permission(9),
security_inode_setattr(9), security_inode_post_setattr(9),
security_inode_getattr(9), security_inode_setxattr(9),
security_inode_set_acl(9), security_inode_post_set_acl(9),
security_inode_get_acl(9), security_inode_remove_acl(9),
security_inode_post_remove_acl(9), security_inode_post_setxattr(9),
security_inode_getxattr(9), security_inode_listxattr(9),
security_inode_removexattr(9), security_inode_post_removexattr(9),
security_inode_file_setattr(9), security_inode_file_getattr(9),
security_inode_need_killpriv(9), security_inode_killpriv(9),
security_inode_getsecurity(9), security_inode_setsecurity(9),
security_inode_listsecurity(9), security_inode_getlsmprop(9),
security_inode_copy_up(9), security_inode_copy_up_xattr(9),
security_inode_setintegrity(9), security_kernfs_init_security(9),
security_file_permission(9), security_file_alloc(9),
security_file_release(9), security_file_free(9),
security_backing_file_alloc(9), security_backing_file_free(9),
security_file_ioctl(9), security_file_ioctl_compat(9),
security_mmap_file(9), security_mmap_backing_file(9),
security_mmap_addr(9), security_file_mprotect(9), security_file_lock(9),
security_file_fcntl(9), security_file_set_fowner(9),
security_file_send_sigiotask(9), security_file_receive(9),
security_file_open(9), security_file_post_open(9),
security_file_truncate(9), security_task_alloc(9),
security_task_free(9), security_cred_alloc_blank(9),
security_cred_free(9), security_prepare_creds(9),
security_transfer_creds(9), security_cred_getsecid(9),
security_cred_getlsmprop(9), security_kernel_act_as(9),
security_kernel_create_files_as(9), security_kernel_module_request(9),
security_kernel_read_file(9), security_kernel_post_read_file(9),
security_kernel_load_data(9), security_kernel_post_load_data(9),
security_task_fix_setuid(9), security_task_fix_setgid(9),
security_task_fix_setgroups(9), security_task_setpgid(9),
security_task_getpgid(9), security_task_getsid(9),
security_current_getlsmprop_subj(9), security_task_getlsmprop_obj(9),
security_task_setnice(9), security_task_setioprio(9),
security_task_getioprio(9), security_task_prlimit(9),
security_task_setrlimit(9), security_task_setscheduler(9),
security_task_getscheduler(9), security_task_movememory(9),
security_task_kill(9), security_task_prctl(9),
security_task_to_inode(9), security_create_user_ns(9),
security_ipc_permission(9), security_ipc_getlsmprop(9),
security_msg_msg_alloc(9), security_msg_msg_free(9),
security_msg_queue_alloc(9), security_msg_queue_free(9),
security_msg_queue_associate(9), security_msg_queue_msgctl(9),
security_msg_queue_msgsnd(9), security_msg_queue_msgrcv(9),
security_shm_alloc(9), security_shm_free(9), security_shm_associate(9),
security_shm_shmctl(9), security_shm_shmat(9), security_sem_alloc(9),
security_sem_free(9), security_sem_associate(9), security_sem_semctl(9),
security_sem_semop(9), security_d_instantiate(9),
security_getselfattr(9), security_setselfattr(9),
security_getprocattr(9), security_setprocattr(9),
security_ismaclabel(9), security_secid_to_secctx(9),
security_lsmprop_to_secctx(9), security_secctx_to_secid(9),
security_release_secctx(9), security_inode_invalidate_secctx(9),
security_inode_notifysecctx(9), security_inode_setsecctx(9),
security_inode_getsecctx(9), security_post_notification(9),
security_watch_key(9), security_netlink_send(9),
security_unix_stream_connect(9), security_unix_may_send(9),
security_socket_create(9), security_socket_post_create(9),
security_socket_socketpair(9), security_socket_bind(9),
security_socket_connect(9), security_socket_listen(9),
security_socket_accept(9), security_socket_sendmsg(9),
security_socket_recvmsg(9), security_socket_getsockname(9),
security_socket_getpeername(9), security_socket_getsockopt(9),
security_socket_setsockopt(9), security_socket_shutdown(9),
security_sock_rcv_skb(9), security_socket_getpeersec_stream(9),
security_socket_getpeersec_dgram(9), lsm_sock_alloc(9),
security_sk_alloc(9), security_sk_free(9), security_sk_clone(9),
security_sk_classify_flow(9), security_req_classify_flow(9),
security_sock_graft(9), security_inet_conn_request(9),
security_inet_csk_clone(9), security_inet_conn_established(9),
security_secmark_relabel_packet(9), security_secmark_refcount_inc(9),
security_secmark_refcount_dec(9), security_tun_dev_alloc_security(9),
security_tun_dev_free_security(9), security_tun_dev_create(9),
security_tun_dev_attach_queue(9), security_tun_dev_attach(9),
security_tun_dev_open(9), security_sctp_assoc_request(9),
security_sctp_bind_connect(9), security_sctp_sk_clone(9),
security_sctp_assoc_established(9), security_mptcp_add_subflow(9),
security_unix_find(9), security_ib_pkey_access(9),
security_ib_endport_manage_subnet(9), security_ib_alloc_security(9),
security_ib_free_security(9), security_xfrm_policy_alloc(9),
security_xfrm_policy_clone(9), security_xfrm_policy_free(9),
security_xfrm_policy_delete(9), security_xfrm_state_alloc(9),
security_xfrm_state_alloc_acquire(9), security_xfrm_state_delete(9),
security_xfrm_state_free(9), security_xfrm_policy_lookup(9),
security_xfrm_state_pol_flow_match(9), security_xfrm_decode_session(9),
security_key_alloc(9), security_key_free(9), security_key_permission(9),
security_key_getsecurity(9), security_key_post_create_or_update(9),
security_audit_rule_init(9), security_audit_rule_known(9),
security_audit_rule_free(9), security_audit_rule_match(9),
security_bpf(9), security_bpf_map(9), security_bpf_prog(9),
security_bpf_map_create(9), security_bpf_prog_load(9),
security_bpf_token_create(9), security_bpf_token_cmd(9),
security_bpf_token_capable(9), security_bpf_map_free(9),
security_bpf_prog_free(9), security_bpf_token_free(9),
security_locked_down(9), security_bdev_alloc(9), security_bdev_free(9),
security_bdev_setintegrity(9), security_perf_event_open(9),
security_perf_event_alloc(9), security_perf_event_free(9),
security_perf_event_read(9), security_perf_event_write(9),
security_uring_override_creds(9), security_uring_sqpoll(9),
security_uring_cmd(9), security_uring_allowed(9),
security_initramfs_populated(9)

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Signed, sealed, and sparkle-delivered: source/version ./security, date October 2026, filed under security_bp...mitted_creds(9). Mwah 💋🌈