[ovs-dev] [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING.md: Describe a new "Vulnerability" tag.

Russell Bryant russell at ovn.org
Tue Mar 29 03:13:10 UTC 2016


Acked-by: Russell Bryant <russell at ovn.org>

On Monday, March 28, 2016, Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org <javascript:;>>
> ---
>  CONTRIBUTING.md | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
> index 439c56a..8fcebba 100644
> --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
> @@ -250,6 +250,17 @@ Examples of common tags follow.
>
>          git log -1 --pretty=format:"Fixes: %h (\"%s\")" --abbrev=12
> COMMIT_REF
>
> +    Vulnerability: CVE-2016-2074
> +
> +        Specifies that the patch fixes or is otherwise related to a
> +        security vulnerability with the given CVE identifier.  Other
> +        identifiers in public vulnerability databases are also
> +        suitable.
> +
> +        If the vulnerability was reported publicly, then it is also
> +        appropriate to cite the URL to the report in a Reported-at
> +        tag.  Use a Reported-by tag to acknowledge the reporters.
> +
>  Developer's Certificate of Origin
>  ---------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.1.3
>
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Russell Bryant



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