linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: self-protection: rename "leak" to "exposure"

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Message-ID: <20160609132730.369c5649@lwn.net>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:27:30 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: self-protection: rename "leak" to "exposure"

On Wed, 18 May 2016 06:37:47 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> The meaning of "leak" can be both "untracked resource allocation" and
> "memory content disclosure". This document's use was entirely of the
> latter meaning, so avoid the confusion by using the Common Weakness
> Enumeration name for this: Information Exposure (CWE-200). Additionally
> adds a section on structure randomization.

Applied (rather belatedly, sorry) to the docs tree.

jon