On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 04:06:19PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 10:42:15AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 02:20:58PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > It is no longer viable to handle the incredible volumes of
> > > AI assisted security disclosures via email, nor are extended
> > > embargos practical or useful.
> > > 
> > > Remove all information about the current security process and
> > > instruct reporters to use 'confidential' issues. In contrast
> > > to the old highly restrictive "need to know" approach, the
> > > new approach makes all security issues visible to all QEMU
> > > maintainers immediately.
> > > 
> > > The focus is on making issues public as soon as possible with
> > > a viable patch. Co-ordinated disclosure will no longer be
> > > attempted and nor will requests to embargoes be accepted.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]>
> > 
> > Thanks for taking on this. One question:
> > 
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  contribute/report-a-bug.md     |   9 +-
> > >  contribute/security-process.md | 309 +++++++++++++++------------------
> > >  2 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/contribute/report-a-bug.md b/contribute/report-a-bug.md
> > > index fd3bc6b..b506f9f 100644
> > > --- a/contribute/report-a-bug.md
> > > +++ b/contribute/report-a-bug.md
> > > @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on GitLab, taking into account the following guidance.
> > >    requested pieces of information that are relevant to the
> > >    discovered bug.
> > >  
> > > +* Bugs which are suspected, or known, to have security implications
> > > +  **must** be marked as "*confidential*" prior to submitting the
> > > +  disclosure. Consult the [security process](../security-process)
> > > +  for further guidance on security issue handling.
> > > +
> > >  * Reproduce the problem with the latest upstream QEMU release.
> > >    Reports against older versions may not be acted upon with
> > >    with the same priority.
> > 
> > 
> > There's a problem here in that confidential marking is later
> > erased. I feel would is benefitial to tag the security bugs
> > in some way that does not go away so easily. Any idea?
> 
> Yes, see this paragraph....
> 
> > > + * If confirmed as a security flaw, a maintainer will add the
> > > +   **"Kind::Security"**, **"Workflow::Confirmed"** and
> > > +   **"CVE::Required"** labels.. The latter indicates the need
> > > +   for a CNA to allocate a CVE.

indeed, thanks

> 
> With regards,
> Daniel
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