Merge tag 'docs-7.1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux

Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet:
"This is Willy Tarreau's new document clarifying the definition

Merge tag 'docs-7.1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux

Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet:
"This is Willy Tarreau's new document clarifying the definition and
handling of security-related bugs, which we're trying to get out there
quickly on the theory that some of the bug reporters might actually
read and pay attention to it"

* tag 'docs-7.1-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux:
docs: threat-model: don't limit root capabilities to CAP_SYS_ADMIN
docs: security-bugs: add a link to the threat-model documentation
Documentation: security-bugs: clarify requirements for AI-assisted reports
Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug
Documentation: security-bugs: do not systematically Cc the security team

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docs: threat-model: don't limit root capabilities to CAP_SYS_ADMIN

The threat-model document says that only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can carry
out a number of admin-level tasks, but there are numero

docs: threat-model: don't limit root capabilities to CAP_SYS_ADMIN

The threat-model document says that only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can carry
out a number of admin-level tasks, but there are numerous capabilities that
can confer that sort of power. Generalize the text slightly to make it
clear that CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not the only all-powerful capability.

Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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docs: security-bugs: add a link to the threat-model documentation

Rather than make readers search for this document, just a link to it where
it is referenced.

(While I was at it, I removed the unus

docs: security-bugs: add a link to the threat-model documentation

Rather than make readers search for this document, just a link to it where
it is referenced.

(While I was at it, I removed the unused and unneeded _threatmodel label
from the top of threat-model.rst).

Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug

The use of automated tools to find bugs in random locations of the kernel
induces a raise of security reports even if most of

Documentation: security-bugs: explain what is and is not a security bug

The use of automated tools to find bugs in random locations of the kernel
induces a raise of security reports even if most of them should just be
reported as regular bugs. This patch is an attempt at drawing a line
between what qualifies as a security bug and what does not, hoping to
improve the situation and ease decision on the reporter's side.

It defers the enumeration to a new file, threat-model.rst, that tries
to enumerate various classes of issues that are and are not security
bugs. This should permit to more easily update this file for various
subsystem-specific rules without having to revisit the security bug
reporting guide.

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20260509094755.2838-3-w@1wt.eu>

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