Linux Kernel CVEs: What Has Caused So Many to Suddenly Show Up?
summary
kernel.org is now the CNA for Linux CVEs and it documents and assigns fixes publicly, usually with a one to two week delay, using three independent reviewers (manual email review, language-modeling tooling, and regex-based scanning), producing a machine-readable JSON feed and tools like diad and st to map commits to CVEs. hardware flaws are excluded, panic_on_warn settings inflate denial‑of‑service CVEs, and the process assigns about 55 CVEs per week.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Linux kernel CVEs intro
- 1:07Kernel.org as CNA
- 3:14Vulnerability definition
- 6:24How CVEs are assigned after the fact
- 9:33Hardware bugs limits
- 10:55Public review process
- 13:26Hardware vs driver bugs
- 15:13Maintainer involvement in CVE assignment
- 17:01CVE volume trends
- 18:26CVE data formats
- 20:10Severity determination
- 21:15Stable updates importance
- 23:00Android CVE example
- 24:47OS CVE rate comparison
- 25:32CVE documentation
- 27:17CVE commit accuracy
- 29:53CVE analysis tools
- 31:54ST and tracking tools
- 33:17Global CVE databases
- 34:48Q&A
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