From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E80C433FE for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1353285AbiFANiB (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:38:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41112 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240364AbiFANh6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:37:58 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BEB55DBC3; Wed, 1 Jun 2022 06:37:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:73::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9C2F7723; Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:37:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 9C2F7723 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1654090675; bh=CCyKZaTM8cScZ+FvD4o5tkWic0mc4WYiquvF86vt/9s=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=PYnjYLYiNnXb5BtrzwaY8VjScATB8FXb0qV68vyWL3ZYAiBRYd/4hZ3kunTyeBHZ6 brg1zsGRX1hfURW2AUDJYJHTWZpd1DAdVsdyXBXDEMfXoh8u8vM/EUBwMACxFVRqxa o9uNVwSNwLR9pYR1mp3WS0GQ6NPkQhDKzrAmKbGpien5GjZsDJ1+9HntOnnygfPJki vSKZv5M4jodGaAVU6K/9orrduBQvVBUYixGM3u8S3b5y3rk56QpvC1Ptxw0Fo2GKsf v/HtyTRTtA16qJTA5Vo6Rv4Csjgj1EZuxM4Ov4BF9wcKfZIGyRPZfbVqTCqNpDBkn+ vt3FiUYtQZP9w== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Vegard Nossum , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vegard Nossum , Amit Shah , Dave Hansen , David Woodhouse , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Gustavo A . R . Silva" , Jiri Kosina , Kees Cook , Laura Abbott , Linus Torvalds , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Paolo Bonzini , Peter Zijlstra , Solar Designer , Thomas Gleixner , Thorsten Leemhuis , Tyler Hicks , Will Deacon , Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: overhaul In-Reply-To: <20220531230309.9290-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com> References: <20220531230309.9290-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 07:38:05 -0600 Message-ID: <87ilpk5wsi.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vegard Nossum writes: > The current instructions for reporting security vulnerabilities in the > kernel are 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. > > Let's give this document an overhaul. Goals are stated as a comment at > the top of the document itself (these will not appear in the rendered > document). ...but they do appear in the plain-text document, which must also be readable. Thus... [...] > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst > index 82e29837d5898..5f37b3f1e77dc 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst > @@ -1,96 +1,175 @@ > +.. > + If you modify this document, please consider the following: > + > + 1) The most important information should be at the top (preferably in > + the opening paragraph). This means contacting ; > + if somebody doesn't read any further than that, at least the security > + team will have the report. I submit that you are breaking your own rule by putting this stuff at the top of the document. I'm not really convinced that you need it at all - we don't normally include these sort of instructions - but if it has to be here I would put it at the end. [Haven't had a chance to look at the real material yet] Thanks, jon