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Documentation: clarify the expected collaboration with security bugs reporters

Some bug reports sent to the security team sometimes lack any explanation,
are only AI-generated without verification, or sometimes it can simply be
difficult to have a conversation with an invisible reporter belonging to
an opaque team. This fortunately remains rare but the trend has been
steadily increasing over the last years and it seems important to clarify
what developers expect from reporters to avoid frustration on any side and
keep the process efficient.

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814192730.19252-1-w@1wt.eu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Willy Tarreau 2025-08-14 21:27:29 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ that can speed up the process considerably. It is possible that the
security team will bring in extra help from area maintainers to
understand and fix the security vulnerability.
The security team and maintainers almost always require additional
information beyond what was initially provided in a report and rely on
active and efficient collaboration with the reporter to perform further
testing (e.g., verifying versions, configuration options, mitigations, or
patches). Before contacting the security team, the reporter must ensure
they are available to explain their findings, engage in discussions, and
run additional tests. Reports where the reporter does not respond promptly
or cannot effectively discuss their findings may be abandoned if the
communication does not quickly improve.
As it is with any bug, the more information provided the easier it
will be to diagnose and fix. Please review the procedure outlined in
'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst' if you are unclear about what