linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: security-bugs.rst: update preferences when dealing with the linux-distros group

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Message-ID: <2023070323-sloppy-panama-4868@gregkh>
Date:   Mon, 3 Jul 2023 17:00:51 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.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 11:14:05AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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>

Thanks for the review.  I'll keep this as-is as it's the content of the
file that matters in the end.

thanks,

greg k-h