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 the (outdated) syzkaller "Reporting Linux kernel bugs" instructions: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

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