From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
To: greg@kroah.com
Cc: edumazet@google.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
skhan@linuxfoundation.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: minor updates to the security contacts
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 20:26:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260402182655.8636-2-w@1wt.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402182655.8636-1-w@1wt.eu>
This clarifies the fact that the bug reporters must use a valid
e-mail address to send their report, and that the security team
assists developers working on a fix but doesn't always produce
fixes on its own.
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
---
Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
index c0cf93e11565..da7937fd59df 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ like to know when a security bug is found so that it can be fixed and
disclosed as quickly as possible. Please report security bugs to the
Linux kernel security team.
+Reports are to be sent over e-mail exclusively. Please use a working e-mail
+address, preferably the same that you want to appear in ``Reported-by`` tags
+if any. If unsure, send your report to yourself first.
+
The security team and maintainers almost always require additional
information beyond what was initially provided in a report and rely on
active and efficient collaboration with the reporter to perform further
@@ -27,11 +31,9 @@ made public.
The Linux kernel security team can be contacted by email at
<security@kernel.org>. This is a private list of security officers
-who will help verify the bug report and develop and release a fix.
-If you already have a fix, please include it with your report, as
-that can speed up the process considerably. It is possible that the
-security team will bring in extra help from area maintainers to
-understand and fix the security vulnerability.
+who will help verify the bug report and assist developers working on a fix.
+It is possible that the security team will bring in extra help from area
+maintainers to understand and fix the security vulnerability.
Please send **plain text** emails without attachments where possible.
It is much harder to have a context-quoted discussion about a complex
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 18:26 [PATCH 0/3] Documentation: clarify required info in security reports Willy Tarreau
2026-04-02 18:26 ` Willy Tarreau [this message]
2026-04-02 18:26 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: explain how to find maintainers addresses for " Willy Tarreau
2026-04-02 18:42 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-04-02 19:05 ` Willy Tarreau
2026-04-02 18:26 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: clarify the mandatory and desirable info " Willy Tarreau
2026-04-02 18:50 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-04-02 19:03 ` Willy Tarreau
2026-04-02 19:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-04-02 19:20 ` Willy Tarreau
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