linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [alsa?] memory leak in snd_seq_create

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:31:54 -0300
From:   Geraldo Nascimento <geraldogabriel@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        syzbot <syzbot+cf8e7fa4eeec59b3d485@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        perex@...ex.cz, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, tiwai@...e.com,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [alsa?] memory leak in snd_seq_create_port

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 09:02:07AM +0200, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> 
> Hi Geraldo,
> 
> What exactly is cryptic in the report? Is there anything that can be
> done to make it less cryptic?
>

Hi Dmitry,

It's cryptic for a novice only, of course, in the same sense that kernel
stack traces are a pain for a novice do decode. Unfortunately I believe
it's only AI/LLMs that will make it easier to abstract the low-level
details and give a high-level explanation of the bug.

Thanks,
Geraldo Nascimento