Re: Debian kernel testing on syzbot
On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 10:26, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Our team works on syzkaller/syzbot kernel fuzzer:
> > https://github.com/google/syzkaller
> > https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md
> >
> > Currently we test the upstream kernel and recent LTS releases:
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/upstream
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/linux-6.1
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/linux-5.15
> > and report bugs to upstream developers:
> > https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller-bugs
> >
> > Due to Debian's relevance as one of the most widely used Linux
> > distributions, we plan to test the Debian kernel as well.
> >
> > We were thinking about testing the "testing" release only initially.
> > Or do you have other suggestions here?
> >
> > Do you want bugs to be reported privately first (to some closed
> > mailing list) with some embargo? Or do we make them public (visible on
> > syzbot dashboard) right away as we do for upstream/LTS?
>
> +Ben, you were pointed out as the person to provide "the official" response :)
>
> To clarify: we are not asking nor imply that anybody will actually act
> in any way on the reported bugs. I mean anybody is welcome to, but
> don't have to.
> We can also just create a public web dashboard (+new opt-in mailing
> list), if that's what we agree on here.
>
> And if there is an active interest in acting on the reports, we can
> also test the unstable release (that's the better place to fix,
> right).
Ok, we will probably proceed with testing with no notifications for now.
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