From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3EBC378828 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790220240; cv=none; b=o2lJ/OlemTddMduI7171GyVrptgFaFKCDVFMlsM1zT12Oszq6QI59yekvLdiZequ1TniI5ZWfylszUOU10i5JKOy4C07SqwoswwE5iLcILDISsvU6vp6Lvi89Y60JMTo3MhDbSfL4qQ6ASN8EpR60MpxqeRGZDcHb6BgRRbnMSg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790220240; c=relaxed/simple; bh=jZL/0JbAXeviJapiBCZAkKNiWnkRCMYPpioMSM64UCc=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition; b=QPDqqONlUnHURVqBdl71yTqPo05YroT+vdtrWtdZ5R2R+fpM6Rkmpi5L/L8S2g7XK3CqfHJ7hxxWTYF5P6NdJWIewdHcKB2z/GIv7YeDA0nDfFH/YaygukW8FuDPkGucPBHAkPasPGI0IZ2PJP1jYeJH85IURs6G0aCR0tLVxCo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=OLeM/Aw8; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="OLeM/Aw8" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7D9A1F000FF for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:23:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790220238; bh=YLjG+wjrT4lZKLA8umFKgnpMJZy8RVQaZUCBKRGl3pg=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=OLeM/Aw8bJqg4k9iFm7uNYFM4AG04rBHAuzK1vZsI5tIBuyOPbJnt7cz+8FxIE4QV /3BXIuMO6k2BIxOYLBxfHGc09aZ+yA+uYVOilHOKsyK04vUxFXqq0E7OU9vQIaVv7f XSA+ARFRAPuD7bLimPeR84Xx/3tJsp1WmmqdY3mqiPrZKqnGjR9LVS9Mk/OsMzI7+L wrp0a0MIEyLzJYIvCXBQxV2j8s3b1W6ujqDIWJ00E+e3/H95LxOhnRCNfF0176XE+V wjcD6g8xFnCiMK+J7tbrYmHZI1lbs8vC4KRWhcpHv6eE/AWGPsZg1Y74T77wcMJ1f8 L4lf8qP4iwoKA== Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:23:58 -0700 From: Kees Cook To: tech-board-discuss@lists.linux.dev Subject: Standing for 2026 TAB election Message-ID: <202609232022.83374CBA8@keescook> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: tech-board-discuss@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hello! I'm volunteering again to stand for election to the LF Technical Advisory Board. My primary concern for Linux is its security. I'm a member of the security@kernel.org response team, lead the Kernel Self-Protection Project[1], and maintain[2] the kernel hardening, seccomp, pstore, and exec/binfmt trees. As a result, I frequently work kernel-wide across many subsystems (or many architectures) when helping land various security defenses. This cross-maintainer work is a unique social and technical challenge, and the topic of "security" is a similarly wide and unique challenge. I'd like to continue to represent both of these concerns on the TAB. In addition, I also bring several "downstream" perspectives on how the kernel is consumed, from those of a general-purpose distro (having lead Ubuntu's security team) to those of special-purpose device vendors (having worked on Chrome OS, Android, and Google Cloud). Among other things over the last 2 years on the TAB, I've reviewed the project continuity plan[3] and changes to security bug reporting[4], and worked on codifying how we handle machine-generated contributions[5]. I argued against an outright LLM ban, as it wouldn't be useful, realistic, or enforceable[6]; it's much better we ask people to show their work, which is a thing we can all actually review. Thank you for your consideration, -Kees [1] https://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Kernel_Self_Protection_Project [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/?q=f%3A%22Kees+Cook%22+s%3A%22GIT+PULL%22 [3] https://git.kernel.org/linus/102606402f4f5 [4] https://git.kernel.org/linus/d49172bbd7eb0 https://git.kernel.org/linus/3a68841d1d9b6 [5] https://git.kernel.org/linus/a66437c279795 [6] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202507301008.E109EB0F@keescook/ -- Kees Cook