linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Clarify details for reporting security bugs

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 23:47:26 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "security@...nel.org" <security@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Clarify details for reporting security bugs

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:13:51 -0800
> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
>> The kernel security team is regularly asked to provide CVE identifiers,
>> which we don't normally do. This updates the documentation to mention
>> this and adds some more details about coordination and patch handling
>> that come up regularly. Based on an earlier draft by Willy Tarreau.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
>
> Seems good, applied to the docs tree, thanks.

Thanks!

>
>> Related question: shouldn't security-bugs.rst and submitting-patches.rst live
>> in /process/ rather than /admin-guide/ ?
>
> The former should maybe be there, depending on just who we think it
> should be aimed at, I guess.  submitting-patches.rst is already in
> process/, though, so I'm not quite sure I understand that question?

Ah, maybe I was looking at the wrong thing. Regardless, it seems like
security-bugs.rst is the same "type" as "submitting-patches.rst", so
perhaps it should move?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security