Re: kernel: Multiple SSBD related flaws CVE-2020-10766 , CVE-2020-10767, CVE-2020-10768

[Greg KH <greg () kroah com>]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:14:03AM +1000, Wade Mealing wrote:
> > Did you ask the authors of the patches?  I think they might have already
> > assigned CVEs from Google's pool, based on previous interactions with
> > those developers...
>
> I am in discussions with Anthony Steinhauser from Google, Anthony
> stated there were no CVE's assigned.  This message was mainly for the
> other CNA's  ( https://cve.mitre.org/cve/request_id.html ) who may be
> able to assign CVE's.

Is oss-security the place to sync up on those things?  I thought you all
had your own list to sync on those things, as that must happen often.

> If the kernel was a CVE Numbering Authority, they could assign their
> own ( https://cve.mitre.org/cve/cna.html#become_a_cna ) and this whole
> problem would not exist.  I'm not on the security () kernel org mailing
> list (even after asking), so I can't really say what goes on behind
> those closed doors, I would think it falls under their interests.

The kernel does NOT want to become a CVE Numbering Authority, and our
documentation explicitly states that if you want a CVE for a kernel
issue, you can just go ask MITRE or someone else for it:
        https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/security-bugs.html

There's loads of reasons why CVEs don't really work for the kernel at
all, as has been discussed many times here on this list, and in other
places, and even with MITRE themselves (and they agree with me).

I don't think we want to rehash that again here :)

thanks,

greg k-h