Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:55:31 +0000 (13:55 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:46:39 +0000 (14:46 +0100)
commit5928d411557ec5d53832cdd39fc443704a3e5b77
tree2ee745c10f4e535af35dbc70b538b0c99a309003
parent3ca8fbabcceb8bfe44f7f50640092fd8f1de375c
Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process

The Linux kernel project now has the ability to assign CVEs to fixed
issues, so document the process and how individual developers can get a
CVE if one is not automatically assigned for their fixes.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024021731-essence-sadness-28fd@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/process/cve.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/process/index.rst
Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
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