adetaylor
WebKit security specialist
Summary
adetaylor works primarily in the WebKit layer and in platform/build infrastructure, with a recurring focus on Swift/C++ interop — WebGPU's Swift implementation, Swift IPC receivers, and the cmake, Windows, and PlayStation build plumbing that supports them. The security-classified commits cluster tightly into one recent push on the IPC trust boundary: `IPC::Untrusted<T>` as a wrapper for values a privileged process must not trust, the UI process's origin validation procedures, and idiomatic `MESSAGE_CHECK` for Swift receivers; the remaining hardening work trends toward memory-safety scaffolding (`crashIfBorrowed` in `Vector`, removing unsafe statements from WebGPU Swift). Where to look next: `IPC::Untrusted<T>` is an opt-in annotation, so UI-process message handlers whose origin parameters aren't yet wrapped are where unvalidated origins can still cross into privileged code.
Components
Security Fix History
- 2026-09-11 [Swift] Idiomatic MESSAGE_CHECK for Swift IPC receivers 2026-W36
- 2026-09-02 [IPC] Require origins reaching the UI process to be declared IPC::Untrusted 2026-W35
- 2026-09-01 [IPC] Add the UI process' origin validation procedures 2026-W35
- 2026-09-01 [IPC] Add IPC::Untrusted<T>, a wrapper for values a privileged process must not trust 2026-W35
Hardening Commits
- 2026-09-16 [WebGPU Swift] Experimentally remove unsafe statements
- 2026-09-11 [Swift] Idiomatic MESSAGE_CHECK for Swift IPC receivers 2026-W36
- 2026-09-02 [IPC] Require origins reaching the UI process to be declared IPC::Untrusted 2026-W35
- 2026-09-01 [IPC] Add the UI process' origin validation procedures 2026-W35
- 2026-09-01 [IPC] Add IPC::Untrusted<T>, a wrapper for values a privileged process must not trust 2026-W35
- 2026-08-10 crashIfBorrowed in Vector
- 2026-08-03 Slightly reduce unsafe in WebGPU Buffer
- 2026-06-18 Reject INT32_MIN in Swift BackForwardList
- 2026-06-16 Message checks on Swift BackForwardList
Recent Commits
- 2026-09-18 Fix backForwardGoToItemShared connection 2026-W37
- 2026-09-16 Fix WebAudio test under cmake
- 2026-09-16 [WebGPU Swift] Experimentally remove unsafe statements
- 2026-09-16 Remove Swift demo logo
- 2026-09-15 [Swift] Avoid throwing closures
- 2026-09-15 [Swift] Generate the message check catch for Swift receivers 2026-W37
- 2026-09-11 [Swift] Idiomatic MESSAGE_CHECK for Swift IPC receivers 2026-W36
- 2026-09-11 Ensure Swift clang importer respects WebKitAdditions
- 2026-09-10 Rename itemIndex IPC parameter
- 2026-09-09 Rename and adjust the UI process's validation procedures
- 2026-09-04 [cmake] Add more clang-target
- 2026-09-04 [cmake] Set ENABLE_WEBGPU_SWIFT correctly
- 2026-09-04 Fix test failures using cmake and most recent MacOS SDK
- 2026-09-02 Fix Windows build intermittency
- 2026-09-02 [IPC] Do not derive a registrable domain that FirstPartyAuthority will discard