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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:50:40 -0400
From: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: linux-distros list policy and Linux kernel, again
On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 02:31:29AM +0000, Seth Arnold wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 12:23:59AM +0200, Solar Designer wrote:
> > I'd appreciate any well-reasoned votes and constructive suggestions.
> > Maybe there are good ideas that didn't cross my mind yet.
(snip)
> - Ask Red Hat's CNA to consider setting up an automatic CVE assignment
> process for syzkaller issues. (Red Hat's CNA is now serving as a Root
> CNA for FOSS issues in general, so it feels like a plausible place to
> put this process. Google runs syzkaller and has four CNAs, perhaps
> one of them would be a better fit. Maybe the Linux Foundation could
> run a CNA for this purpose. I'm not picky.)
>
> We shouldn't indulge the very-low-effort-researchers who aren't putting
> in much effort but trying to get CVEs.
That would be an awesome idea. Hopefully "latest kernel has X unfixed
CVEs" puts pressure on Red Hat, Oracle, SUSE, and other vendors to hire
more people to fix the problem.
--
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab
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