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 ED7F7C43334 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2022 00:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1349831AbiFDAnd (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2022 20:43:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33066 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231961AbiFDAna (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2022 20:43:30 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7287B222AD; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 17:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A56D60F1B; Sat, 4 Jun 2022 00:43:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11C97C385A9; Sat, 4 Jun 2022 00:43:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1654303407; bh=F/7tG3AfY4gxUo4vwXg4EDogcdpmyXjXiWT5c2u2dCA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=CkP/EXTojeoZMqUP6WS+EqxSwP421kb1mEWFdRdtFY2YiO+Z3Y9PB9iv/BSG6uqXP XeX9ykb+5vSSHtXDft9wqrvw6J2VRURyYBTrGX95ONov5u4cisLmkL5yhjOts4OgGL 8XfnNjiVYzbc9Vgee84VdumklF557aJXEFm0npkDPlDNoMcQkf0sbTlBxil23swsyT 78jF/HURa7NouGjM5LQapF7NQYdS3e/BJIEcXd+NGL+4JW0xzywakfGtTsBACjE27n Ld1LJYK8UmzrM3DtBUVv7jy/kZ/F6QkpO3oBuH8UUbMlJ+k3P0TYQbsO+7yaztFLI2 iIjS+cE5D2n+w== Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 01:43:17 +0100 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Vegard Nossum , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Amit Shah , Dave Hansen , David Woodhouse , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Gustavo A . R . Silva" , Jiri Kosina , Kees Cook , Linus Torvalds , Paolo Bonzini , Peter Zijlstra , Solar Designer , Thomas Gleixner , Thorsten Leemhuis , Will Deacon , Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: overhaul Message-ID: <20220604014317.79eb23db@sal.lan> In-Reply-To: <87fsko48xh.fsf@meer.lwn.net> References: <20220531230309.9290-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com> <87fsko48xh.fsf@meer.lwn.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.0 (GTK 3.24.34; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:58:50 -0600 Jonathan Corbet escreveu: > 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). > > OK, some other thoughts... > > [...] > > > +Linux kernel security team at security@kernel.org, henceforth "the > > +security list". This is a closed list of trusted developers who will > > +help verify the bug report and develop a patch. > > + > > +While the security list is closed, the security team may bring in > > +extra help from the relevant maintainers to understand and fix the > > +security vulnerability. > > + > > +Note that the main interest of the kernel security list is in getting > > +bugs fixed; CVE assignment, disclosure to distributions, and public > > +disclosure happens on different lists with different people. > > Adding "as described below" or some such might be helpful for readers > who are mostly interested in those things. > > > +Here is a quick overview of the various lists: > > + > > +.. list-table:: > > + :widths: 35 10 20 35 > > + :header-rows: 1 > > + > > + * - List address > > + - Open? > > + - Purpose > > + - Members > > + * - security@kernel.org > > + - Closed > > + - Reporting; patch development > > + - Trusted kernel developers > > + * - linux-distros@vs.openwall.org > > + - Closed > > + - Coordination; CVE assignment; patch development, testing, and backporting > > + - Linux distribution representatives > > + * - oss-security@lists.openwall.com > > + - Public > > + - Disclosure > > + - General public > > Please don't use list-table, that's totally unreadable in the plain-text > format. How about something like: > > =============================== ===== ================= =============== > List address Open? Purpose Members > =============================== ===== ================= =============== > security@kernel.org no Reporting Trusted kernel > developers > Patch development > linux-distros@vs.openwall.org no Coordination Distribution > representatives > CVE assignment > Patch development > Testing > Backporting > oss-security@lists.openwall.com yes Disclosure General public > =============================== ===== ================= =============== > > (Note I haven't tried to format this, there's probably an error in there > somewhere). Yeah, I guess the right syntax is something like: =============================== ===== ================= =============== List address Open? Purpose Members ------------------------------- ----- ----------------- --------------- security@kernel.org no Reporting Trusted kernel developers Patch development linux-distros@vs.openwall.org no Coordination Distribution representatives CVE assignment Patch development Testing Backporting oss-security@lists.openwall.com yes Disclosure General public =============================== ===== ================= =============== Regards, Mauro