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

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:13:51 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>

Seems good, applied to the docs tree, 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?

Thanks,

jon