Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: security-bugs.rst: update preferences when dealing with the linux-distros group

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On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 09:14:20AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Because the linux-distros group forces reporters to release information
> about reported bugs, and they impose arbitrary deadlines in having those
> bugs fixed despite not actually being kernel developers, the kernel
> security team recommends not interacting with them at all as this just
> causes confusion and the early-release of reported security problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yeah, this is good. It might make sense to explicitly detail the
rationale in security-bugs.rst (as you have in the commit log), but
perhaps that's too much detail.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Kees Cook



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