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SubjectRe: [PATCH] docs: Clarify details for reporting security bugs
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:13:51 -0800
> Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.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@chromium.org>
>> Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.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

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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