From: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>, greg@kroah.com
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
security@kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 13:51:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <af11b090-37dd-4cea-ad84-5e29fcb3e8a3@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260509094755.2838-3-w@1wt.eu>
On 5/9/26 03:47, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The use of automated tools to find bugs in random locations of the kernel
> induces a raise of security reports even if most of them should just be
> reported as regular bugs. This patch is an attempt at drawing a line
> between what qualifies as a security bug and what does not, hoping to
> improve the situation and ease decision on the reporter's side.
>
> It defers the enumeration to a new file, threat-model.rst, that tries
> to enumerate various classes of issues that are and are not security
> bugs. This should permit to more easily update this file for various
> subsystem-specific rules without having to revisit the security bug
> reporting guide.
>
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> ---
> Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst | 38 +++-
> Documentation/process/threat-model.rst | 236 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 274 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/process/threat-model.rst
>
Looks good to me.
thanks,
-- Shuah
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-09 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-09 9:47 [PATCH v3 0/3] Documentation: security-bugs: new updates covering triage and AI Willy Tarreau
2026-05-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Documentation: security-bugs: do not systematically Cc the security team Willy Tarreau
2026-05-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug Willy Tarreau
2026-05-09 19:51 ` Shuah Khan [this message]
2026-05-09 9:47 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Documentation: security-bugs: clarify requirements for AI-assisted reports Willy Tarreau
2026-05-09 10:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Documentation: security-bugs: new updates covering triage and AI Leon Romanovsky
2026-05-09 10:56 ` Willy Tarreau
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