Adding upstream version 6.7.7.upstream/6.7.7

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
index 5a6993795b..692a3ba56c 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
@@ -66,15 +66,32 @@ lifted, in perpetuity.
 Coordination with other groups
 ------------------------------
 
-The kernel security team strongly recommends that reporters of potential
-security issues NEVER contact the "linux-distros" mailing list until
-AFTER discussing it with the kernel security team.  Do not Cc: both
-lists at once.  You may contact the linux-distros mailing list after a
-fix has been agreed on and you fully understand the requirements that
-doing so will impose on you and the kernel community.
-
-The different lists have different goals and the linux-distros rules do
-not contribute to actually fixing any potential security problems.
+While the kernel security team solely focuses on getting bugs fixed,
+other groups focus on fixing issues in distros and coordinating
+disclosure between operating system vendors.  Coordination is usually
+handled by the "linux-distros" mailing list and disclosure by the
+public "oss-security" mailing list, both of which are closely related
+and presented in the linux-distros wiki:
+<https://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros>
+
+Please note that the respective policies and rules are different since
+the 3 lists pursue different goals.  Coordinating between the kernel
+security team and other teams is difficult since for the kernel security
+team occasional embargoes (as subject to a maximum allowed number of
+days) start from the availability of a fix, while for "linux-distros"
+they start from the initial post to the list regardless of the
+availability of a fix.
+
+As such, the kernel security team strongly recommends that as a reporter
+of a potential security issue you DO NOT contact the "linux-distros"
+mailing list UNTIL a fix is accepted by the affected code's maintainers
+and you have read the distros wiki page above and you fully understand
+the requirements that contacting "linux-distros" will impose on you and
+the kernel community.  This also means that in general it doesn't make
+sense to Cc: both lists at once, except maybe for coordination if and
+while an accepted fix has not yet been merged.  In other words, until a
+fix is accepted do not Cc: "linux-distros", and after it's merged do not
+Cc: the kernel security team.
 
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