Subject	binfmt_misc: transparent interpreters and PT_INTERP loader substitution
Author	brauner@kernel.org
Date	2026-07-20 09:33:24 +0000 UTC
Version	Version 1 Version 2
Cc	ast@kernel.org bpf@vger.kernel.org brauner@kernel.org corbet@lwn.net daniel@iogearbox.net farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com jack@suse.cz jannh@google.com kees@kernel.org linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org linux-mm@kvack.org mail@johnericson.me stable@vger.kernel.org viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk

Patches (21)

Name	Content [All]
[PATCH 01/21] exec: do not act on a stale execfd request without an executable	[Body]
[PATCH 02/21] docs, binfmt_misc: keep general usage out of the handler sections	[Body]
[PATCH 03/21] binfmt_misc: table-drive the register string flags	[Body]
[PATCH 04/21] binfmt_misc: normalize the per-exec invocation flags	[Body]
[PATCH 05/21] binfmt_misc: split out entry_open_interpreter()	[Body]
[PATCH 06/21] binfmt_misc: split out build_interp_argv()	[Body]
[PATCH 07/21] exec: release the replaced file with do_close_execat()	[Body]
[PATCH 08/21] exec: add AT_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT_INTERP	[Body]
[PATCH 09/21] exec: label mm->exe_file with the binary for a transparent dispatch	[Body]
[PATCH 10/21] binfmt_misc: add transparent interpreter dispatch	[Body]
[PATCH 11/21] binfmt_misc: add a static transparent flag 'T'	[Body]
[PATCH 12/21] binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler run the interpreter transparently	[Body]
[PATCH 13/21] selftests/exec: convert the binfmt_misc bpf test to the kselftest harness	[Body]
[PATCH 14/21] selftests/exec: test the transparent binfmt_misc mode	[Body]
[PATCH 15/21] binfmt_misc: document the transparent identity contract	[Body]
[PATCH 16/21] exec: carry a PT_INTERP substitute in struct linux_binprm	[Body]
[PATCH 17/21] binfmt_elf: consume a stashed PT_INTERP substitute	[Body]
[PATCH 18/21] binfmt_misc: add the 'L' loader substitution flag	[Body]
[PATCH 19/21] binfmt_misc: let a bpf handler request loader substitution	[Body]
[PATCH 20/21] selftests/exec: test binfmt_misc loader substitution	[Body]
[PATCH 21/21] binfmt_misc: document loader substitution	[Body]

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