From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de [80.237.130.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C059412E74; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:18:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.237.130.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1714375119; cv=none; b=djL4agYBpTOh2Uceoh/of0nREGl0X05/BfzTbxKHmSLoKqG3aQEuGbQR5bW96zMcoL1cNmsyq4+pA14HRGW+itMBb5GnvOiDzBnB6ForC+OVMywpPwBq2EcdAK2Mudn37esnVBiLCE5xhst3Mngygm52rdCnci2IKZvw3QbbpZA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1714375119; c=relaxed/simple; bh=6AqRK4s+/gqcB8HzuTUSB8hZRa2UQEfkA8i5t+vDrd0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=VCbXFN8Yb9RtZasfNTGRigkwWC42+pskgEXH9F0T9WfcgD6xidYsNXLmVbsws9mbGNpOTud+LobI2E8AGnPC7G2AjOXm5XI38iLhO5T/WfmXBzg/WTCTF7NsFa7OBjYhNbekQf6stTRkwTI/4ckDRwgIKuz5rz2hjraRFLxmA94= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b=SXubuxsN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.237.130.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b="SXubuxsN" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=leemhuis.info; s=he214686; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version: References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:From:Sender: Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:In-Reply-To: References; bh=iK5q2DNeaWz8v/Rr1pJ400p0iaZpSMomthypDMAXlFY=; t=1714375116; x=1714807116; b=SXubuxsNBTGvY/eO3GSmCqGuFMkRfqUHVVucW+zPtMCdn1uUhRLfXMU/Cwzxs muthR0bptu+4JrprektYBDoE9kGKec6T11WbZbRwVhz/r3xEkc6uUfXwOrB0KBb+gBl4crxnUCW8j dpyjFP2exmdKik28GnPljKHJ282+HxsTBTsPFrg1NcSIYIEKT4uOEH6glM8Dlt9vJLUOpVviQHKUc MJwfVO6dQpEEtVATtOkW+HcyW+/AkSnT1IG2QbeqOaxHbs04KIuZdxhe8HXmkWJTJkyu23FMwsccE rK+lmbuIZwfIRdN6huxV5Xx6UGvAk58o+4yphP1dj8sMN03ImQ==; Received: from ip4d148da6.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.141.166] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1s1LHU-0004e1-VX; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:18:33 +0200 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Sasha Levin Cc: Jonathan Corbet , stable@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: explain use of stable@kernel.org (w/o @vger.) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:18:29 +0200 Message-ID: <6783b71da48aac5290756343f58591dc42da87bc.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.44.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1714375116;044ac9ba; X-HE-SMSGID: 1s1LHU-0004e1-VX Document when to use of stable@kernel.org instead of stable@vger.kernel.org, as the two are easily mixed up and their difference not explained anywhere[1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240422231550.3cf5f723@sal.lan/ [1] Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index b4af627154f1d8..ebf4152659f2d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ for stable trees, add this tag in the sign-off area:: Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org +Use ``Cc: stable@kernel.org`` instead when fixing unpublished vulnerabilities: +it reduces the chance of accidentally exposing the fix to the public by way of +'git send-email', as mails sent to that address are not delivered anywhere. + Once the patch is mainlined it will be applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author or subsystem maintainer. -- 2.44.0