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Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.9.1 Subject: Re: RFC: Adding a SECURITY.md document to the Binutils Content-Language: en-US To: Richard Earnshaw , Nick Clifton , Binutils Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" References: <1c38b926-e003-0e21-e7f1-3d5dbec2aabf@redhat.com> <5d044987-39eb-a060-1b2b-9d07b1515e7d@gotplt.org> <73bc480a-a927-2773-8756-50350f76dfbf@gotplt.org> <4ed86e65-0b7f-11d4-8061-2c5d0b1e147e@foss.arm.com> <7b6b10f8-e480-8efa-fbb8-4fc4bf2cf356@gotplt.org> <0224757b-6b17-f82d-c0bf-c36042489f5e@foss.arm.com> <01e846c0-c6bf-defe-0563-1ed6309b7038@gotplt.org> <2d4c7f13-8a35-3ce5-1f90-ce849a690e66@foss.arm.com> <01b8e177-abfd-549e-768f-1995cab5c81d@gotplt.org> <43912382-2d32-9fff-8dad-5c41491eb804@foss.arm.com> <613a6e55-846c-9f1f-cfd0-046b52487ae3@gotplt.org> <5f5c6b67-ecb3-7bae-8ff3-eca91279605e@foss.arm.com> From: Siddhesh Poyarekar In-Reply-To: <5f5c6b67-ecb3-7bae-8ff3-eca91279605e@foss.arm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3028.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MEDICAL_SUBJECT,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 2023-04-14 08:49, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > > > On 14/04/2023 13:43, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: >> They key is in what a project can feasibly guarantee and IMO the >> binutils project is not in a position to guarantee this level of >> security.  By putting this into SECURITY.md, we'll be signing >> ourselves (and downstream maintainers) up for much more than they can >> handle. > > No, that's covered by the warranty: GNU tools come with no warranty ... > > What it is about is what we would do if such a vulnerability were > discovered. It's not about what we would do if a vulnerability were discovered. It is about: 1. What is considered a security issue; this ties into contexts in which binutils tools can be used safely. 2. How users can report bugs they think may have security consequences. Sid