Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754416AbcDKRxy (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:53:54 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:32130 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754285AbcDKRxw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:53:52 -0400 From: Sasha Levin Subject: [ANNOUNCE] linux-stable security tree To: LKML , stable Cc: lwn@lwn.net Message-ID: <570BE4A5.20200@oracle.com> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:53:41 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JJt3SkcIc6v1gbxG4LrPrGcF7N5G42og8" X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2859 Lines: 83 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --JJt3SkcIc6v1gbxG4LrPrGcF7N5G42og8 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="uIcB7VLF0msQT0B3I16lq1VfV9lO52h1V" From: Sasha Levin To: LKML , stable Cc: lwn@lwn.net Message-ID: <570BE4A5.20200@oracle.com> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] linux-stable security tree --uIcB7VLF0msQT0B3I16lq1VfV9lO52h1V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, I'd like to announce the linux-stable security tree project. The purpose is to create a derivative tree from the regular stable tree that would contain only commits that fix security vulnerabilities. Quite a few users of the stable trees pointed out that on complex deploym= ents, where validation is non-trivial, there is little incentive to follow the stable tree after the product has been deployed to production. There is n= o interest in "random" kernel fixes and the only requirements are to keep u= p with security vulnerabilities. Given this, a few projects preferred to delay important kernel updates, a= nd a few even stopped updating the tree altogether, exposing them to critica= l vulnerabilities. This project provides an easy way to receive only important security comm= its, which are usually only a few in each release, and makes it easy to incorp= orate them into existing projects. The tree is available at: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-securit= y.git/ Support is provided for all active -stable trees (https://www.kernel.org/= category/releases.html). Branches/tags for unsupported versions of >=3D3.0 kernels were also gener= ated for reference. Thanks, Sasha --uIcB7VLF0msQT0B3I16lq1VfV9lO52h1V-- --JJt3SkcIc6v1gbxG4LrPrGcF7N5G42og8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXC+SlAAoJEN6mb/eXdyzc0PkQAIYg+Au7DQcAWgf8lJd6UVfO 3frzwEXW4rrx1ubur5nSi/+sXXqw0JatML+WxxmPoAosQRT+DvAmXTHi9yN0+qzR qBDUYCVSraHjwaXPO257ZKGpe5kXlywHzvKWX5VhV1saRgTqJZNtSNZARSXffIhx 7b2iW9pMg99hY7+BgALGvLU04oWLbq+A7cF/T1KdMLkAogVeopj0fcf/WYVzrnUe vcwyTfoNqUKTudhrBHmWvxsTG7KKon8HYgusSLYNVq1YqJuJDSRuXl2IsqPS0nvT WoLtnZxGB9F58H618lo2Y7gZNYkppSTI8gkvP8HrXuzMxTEwajl5ZBLEZZ8hBFOX L8x25rW4omKtVyWf2CURY0ZFdhAHGR+Fp4RPEbKoETWzketRstXOnAhZwUI06FiF LxBFQj/DHEnXpQjwLPaOxjLv1upgVk1ybkbmeYFyxv9iHGeB3T4HETznL7/1rlVQ JBhrt9J86Ss4If5Hm7BdGJna4Pc/uxRLH41Z7DcrhVhNAnV/XJUyupqdhrNV5B2F uC5OIyAVwXB61R+0sQzTmkxF/MwlhIpNN/63434EvPXn/GFd8v+hzlF21gt5ya9e YHmpjBS2fRepnHupWWuBpTIfw8KZfcdZBnOZB3IZvHpVTgWb+nCksTmiIS7HRnIf GATSM+REm1m9dPXqNqId =lTqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JJt3SkcIc6v1gbxG4LrPrGcF7N5G42og8--