linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] docs: clarify security-bugs disclosure policy

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Date:   Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:15:26 -0800
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, aarcange@...hat.com, luto@...nel.org,
        keescook@...gle.com, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, corbet@....net, mark.rutland@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] docs: clarify security-bugs disclosure policy

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:46:24PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> I think we need to soften the language a bit.  It might scare folks
> off, especially the:
> 
> 	 We prefer to fully disclose the bug as soon as possible.
> 
> which is not really the case.  Linus says:
> 
> 	It's not full disclosure, it's not coordinated disclosure,
> 	and it's not "no disclosure".  It's more like just "timely
> 	open fixes".
> 
> I changed a bit of the wording in here, but mostly to remove the word
> "disclosure" since it seems to mean very specific things to people
> that we do not mean here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> ---
> 

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>