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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A06BC433E1 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:25:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D133C22CB1 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:25:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1598531128; bh=kvzTJa+NwN8iQ7TDAjUBOUhTffu2W6eeI3qd7QRV89I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:List-ID:From; b=M1OKgQhqMkilQVwk22ryCaaj0GsvbFe08XjkCUK8g+UjlXMHExc2MaW2KL9d1wF1e 8uLjCh5N4/Dk26qULmvpATehQSllfe0zlJOafenWiU1CNaTLslfOmKPFiUN1XRwSkX quflsGwkJutlHWAb3PgtwufG/PgZMbgiz6KydaDE= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729024AbgH0MY4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:24:56 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35192 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728847AbgH0MF1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:05:27 -0400 Received: from kozik-lap.mshome.net (unknown [194.230.155.216]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AFBFC207F7; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:54:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1598525648; bh=kvzTJa+NwN8iQ7TDAjUBOUhTffu2W6eeI3qd7QRV89I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=GF4UTlLOSoie6hxYuCLTVxOzpi2eX6PyIZIoVzbElI+LcEx+UEqs8Vbg/bNvjPfVY 0ovpIAWW9TEGEel9GBBHXCW2C3lwLAt+RsSEa4IK6cu93qX4pQTRvJfmmhCyOP3394 bc9c8Y/qqjXyV9oBrqkohQWA6tMhBiTgBxfrW99U= From: Krzysztof Kozlowski To: Jonathan Corbet , Kees Cook , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Konstantin Ryabitsev , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Marek Szyprowski , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Brooke Basile , Felipe Balbi , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: Add cross-link to security-bugs Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:53:18 +0200 Message-Id: <20200827105319.9734-1-krzk@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The submitting patches mentions criteria for a fix to be called "security fix". Add a link to document explaining the entire process of handling security bugs. Cc: Greg KH Cc: Marek Szyprowski Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 5219bf3cddfc..d5b3c5a74d5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ sending him e-mail. If you have a patch that fixes an exploitable security bug, send that patch to security@kernel.org. For severe bugs, a short embargo may be considered to allow distributors to get the patch out to users; in such cases, -obviously, the patch should not be sent to any public lists. +obviously, the patch should not be sent to any public lists. See also +:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst `. Patches that fix a severe bug in a released kernel should be directed toward the stable maintainers by putting a line like this:: -- 2.17.1