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=-10.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED 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 8821DC433E2 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649C1207EA for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728338AbgHaW2h (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:28:37 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36458 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728103AbgHaW2g (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:28:36 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C5A1C061573; Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:28:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (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 CAC957C0; Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:28:34 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Kees Cook , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Konstantin Ryabitsev , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Marek Szyprowski , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Brooke Basile , Felipe Balbi , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: process: Add cross-link to security-bugs Message-ID: <20200831162834.294a7f39@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20200827105319.9734-1-krzk@kernel.org> References: <20200827105319.9734-1-krzk@kernel.org> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:53:18 +0200 Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > 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 `. I've applied this (but not part 2). Thanks, jon