Commit eb45fb2f authored Aug 27, 2020 by Krzysztof Kozlowski Committed by Jonathan Corbet Aug 31, 2020

docs: process: Add cross-link to security-bugs



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.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200827105319.9734-1-krzk@kernel.org


Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

parent 4680af67

Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst

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		@@ -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 <security-bugs>`.

		Patches that fix a severe bug in a released kernel should be directed
		toward the stable maintainers by putting a line like this::