linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines

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Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:14:44 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@...ilon.cc>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...nel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 07:00:30PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 04:14:03PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > As a follow-up to the UMN incident[1], the TAB took the responsibility
> > to document Researcher Guidelines so there would be a common place to
> > point for describing our expectations as a developer community.
> > 
> > Document best practices researchers should follow to participate
> > successfully with the Linux developer community.
> > 
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202105051005.49BFABCE@keescook/
> > 
> > Co-developed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Co-developed-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > Co-developed-by: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@...ilon.cc>
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@...ilon.cc>
> > Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > Acked-by: Steve Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > Acked-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...nel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
> > Reviewed-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> 
> See a comment below...
> 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst           |   1 +
> >  .../admin-guide/researcher-guidelines.rst     | 141 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 142 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/researcher-guidelines.rst
> 
> [..]
> 
> > +* What is the specific problem that has been found?
> > +* How could the problem be reached on a running system?
> > +* What effect would encountering the problem have on the system?
> > +* How was the problem found? Specifically include details about any
> > +  testing, static or dynamic analysis programs, and any other tools or
> > +  methods used to perform the work.
> > +* Which version of Linux was the problem was found on? Using the most
> 
> I think there is an extra "was" in the question above.

Oops! Thanks; I'll fix it. :)

-- 
Kees Cook