Re: CVE-2024-35906: drm/amd/display: Send DTBCLK disable message on first commit

Michal Hocko
2024-05-24T15:59:40Z

On Fri 24-05-24 17:22:24, Greg KH wrote:
[...]
> > > And people want to word-smith the text all the time already, so we just
> > > default to using the changelog text as that's the most "neutral" and
> > > public information out there (i.e. we don't have to worry about any sort
> > > of data-retention or classification laws as the information is already
> > > public in kernel changelog text.)
> >
> > This part I do not understand. What is wrong about a reasoning why
> > something has been considered a CVE? E.g. something like
> > CVE assigned because a potential WARN_ON is fixed and that could panic
> > with panic_on_warn. Fixed by <URL_TO_LINUS_TREE>
> >
> > or
> > CVE assigned because UAF is fixed and those can be generally used to
> > construct more complex attacks. Fixed by <URL_TO_LINUS_TREE>
> >
> > etc.
>
> Doing the work to classify all of these in this manner isn't going to
> happen by us, sorry, as it is not required by the CVE process, and
> frankly, we are doing a load of work already here.

I would really like the understand this position. You are doing the
classification already, right? What does prevent you from making that a
part of the process? Why wouldn't you like to help CVE consumers to
understand that process better?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs