Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Documentation/security-bugs: overhaul

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 03:48:44 EST


On Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 11:00:03PM +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is v3 of clarifying our documentation for reporting security
> issues.
>
> The current document is not clear enough, in particular the process of
> disclosure and requesting CVEs, and what the roles of the different
> lists are and how exactly to report to each of them.
>
> Lots of people have been confused about the 7/14 days of the kernel list
> vs. the 7/14 days of the distros list, the fact that these are two
> separate lists, etc. Many reporters contact distros first, or submit
> their report to both lists at the same time (which has the unfortunate
> effect of starting off the disclosure countdown for the distros list
> before s@k.o has had a chance to look at the report). I've shared the v2
> document with a couple of people who submitted reports and they said
> they found it a lot clearer.
>

The docs LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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