Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Handling of embargoed security issues -- security@korg vs. linux-distros@

Steven Rostedt
2023-08-15T15:04:22Z

On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:41:37 +0200
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Loads of companies/governments have been pestering us for access to
> security@k.o for decades now, this isn't going to change for the obvious
> reason that having such groups on the list is not going to help us fix
> any problem, but instead, just give everyone early access to known
> security problems.
>
> Same thing would happen for any potential distro@k.o list, remember who
> some of the largest users of Linux is (i.e. governments) and many of
> them have their own custom "distros" for their systems for valid
> reasons.
>
> So no, we can't do that if you care about security overall, this would
> make things insecure.

Even if the only thing that is shown is a commit sha that should be taken?

-- Steve