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docs: stable-kernel-rules: explain use of [email protected] (w/o @Vger.)
Document when to use of [email protected] instead of [email protected], as the two are easily mixed up and their difference not explained anywhere[1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [1] Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6783b71da48aac5290756343f58591dc42da87bc.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Use ``Cc: [email protected]`` instead when fixing unpublished vulnerabilities:
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it reduces the chance of accidentally exposing the fix to the public by way of
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'git send-email', as mails sent to that address are not delivered anywhere.
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Once the patch is mainlined it will be applied to the stable tree without
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anything else needing to be done by the author or subsystem maintainer.
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