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Message-ID: <202306301113.FA8FD533@keescook>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:14:05 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
security@...nel.org, corbet@....net, workflows@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: security-bugs.rst: update preferences
when dealing with the linux-distros group
On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 09:14:20AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Because the linux-distros group forces reporters to release information
> about reported bugs, and they impose arbitrary deadlines in having those
> bugs fixed despite not actually being kernel developers, the kernel
> security team recommends not interacting with them at all as this just
> causes confusion and the early-release of reported security problems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Yeah, this is good. It might make sense to explicitly detail the
rationale in security-bugs.rst (as you have in the commit log), but
perhaps that's too much detail.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Kees Cook
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