linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:00:32 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: corbet@....net, workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, security@...nel.org,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 02:10:07PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 14/02/2024 09:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > The Linux kernel project now has the ability to assign CVEs to fixed
> > issues, so document the process and how individual developers can get a
> > CVE if one is not automatically assigned for their fixes.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > v3: fix up wording in security-bugs.rst based on the changes to the cve
> >     assignment process from v1, thanks to a private reviewer for
> >     pointing that out.
> > v2: Grammer fixes based on review from Randy
> >     Updated paragraph about how CVE identifiers will be assigned
> >     (automatically when added to stable trees, or ask us for one
> >     directly before that happens if so desired)
> > 
> >  Documentation/process/cve.rst           | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  Documentation/process/index.rst         |   1 +
> >  Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst |   5 +-
> 
> Great direction! Finally all these bugs we are fixing every release
> (thus in stable trees) will get proper attention via assigned CVEs.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Thanks for the review!

greg k-h