The kernel team hasn't gotten back to me with a specific fix yet; instead, they've asked me to focus on integrating it into the BPF tests first.
On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM xw x <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sorry I didn't fulfill my duties. Is there anything I need to do? > > On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM Sam James <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Solar Designer <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > V3rdant, CC'ed here, brought this Linux kernel issue to linux-distros on > > > March 18, and apparently also to [email protected] at about the same time, citing > > > the (outdated) syzkaller "Reporting Linux kernel bugs" instructions: > > > > > > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/2 > > > > > > So we immediately had a coordination problem, which V3rdant acknowledged: > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:28:23PM +0000, x xw wrote: > > > [...] > > > It looks like literally everyone dropped the ball on this issue after > > > that point. This includes two distros who had volunteered for: > > > > > > https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros#contributing-back > > > > > > 9. Stay on top of issues to ensure progress is being made, remind others > > > when there's no apparent progress, as well as when the public disclosure > > > date for an issue is approaching and when it's finally reached (unless > > > the reporter beats you to it by making their mandatory posting to > > > oss-security first) - primary: Gentoo, backup: Amazon > > > > > > I since heard back from Gentoo on this, but no word from Amazon yet. > > > > Indeed. I do think there's a circular element here, which does not > > excuse the ball being dropped, but I offer it as a partial explanation: > > the current kernel process makes it challenging to keep track of whether > > a fix is actually in-flight or whether it's related to a reported > > problem. But nonetheless, we should've stayed on top of it with the > > reporter. > > > > We're also onboarding another member for the security team as it's just > > myself at the moment, and we unexpectedly lost another from illness > > recently. > > > > > [...] > > > > sam
