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@llvm/pr-subscribers-clang

Author: Aaron Ballman (AaronBallman)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

Libclang is a wrapper around the Clang frontend, and frontends are not 
security-sensitive components of the LLVM project. However, libclang is often 
embedded in people's downstream tools, so it's best to mention that explicitly.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149357.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) clang/docs/LibClang.rst (+6) 


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diff --git a/clang/docs/LibClang.rst b/clang/docs/LibClang.rst
index 6c2b11ac7fc23..e747022b9c173 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LibClang.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LibClang.rst
@@ -404,3 +404,9 @@ following situations are explicitly unsupported:
   compatible across library versions.
 * For the same reason as above, serializing objects from one version of the
   library and deserializing with a different version is also not supported.
+
+Note: because libclang is a wrapper around the compiler frontend, it is not a
+`security-sensitive component`_ of the LLVM Project. Consider using a sandbox
+or some other mitigation approach if processing untrusted input.
+
+.. _security-sensitive component: 
https://llvm.org/docs/Security.html#what-is-considered-a-security-issue

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149357
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