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Sat, 09 May 2026 12:51:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.14] ([38.15.57.99]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 586e51a60fabf-43557109b67sm4987397fac.6.2026.05.09.12.51.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 09 May 2026 12:51:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 13:51:35 -0600 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug To: Willy Tarreau , greg@kroah.com Cc: Leon Romanovsky , Jonathan Corbet , security@kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH , Shuah Khan References: <20260509094755.2838-1-w@1wt.eu> <20260509094755.2838-3-w@1wt.eu> Content-Language: en-US From: Shuah Khan In-Reply-To: <20260509094755.2838-3-w@1wt.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > Cc: Leon Romanovsky > Suggested-by: Leon Romanovsky > Suggested-by: Greg KH > Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky > Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan > Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau > --- > 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