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Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 15:41:26 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: linux-distros list policy and Linux kernel
What I wish we had is a private way to tell maintainers "You may want to
pick up a patch." It has to be private.
Sending emails to oss-security does not work.
I don't know how to distributions do embargos and I don't want to be a
part of that discussion. If I started disclosing bugs then I would be
a part of a discussion I'm trying to avoid.
I'm pretty sure a lot of employers have policy about disclosing
vulnerabilities. I've never disclosed a vulnerability so I don't know
Oracle's policy. Possibly sending an email to oss-security could get
me fired???
Probably Linux distro maintainers would be pissed because they didn't
get a heads up? Or their customers could be pissed at me?
The optics of reporting bugs to oss-security are bad. The patches are
always fixed in -stable. Why would people pay for an distro kernel when
only the free of charge -stable tree has the patches you need?
Plus the people who report bugs often want to disclose it themselves.
regards,
dan carpenter
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