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The SELinux Reference Policy Security Vulnerability Handling Process
https://github.com/SELinuxProject/refpolicy
This document attempts to describe the processes through which sensitive security relevant bugs can be responsibly disclosed to the SELinux Reference Policy project and how the project maintainers should handle these reports. Just like the other SELinux Reference Policy process documents, this document should be treated as a guiding document and not a hard, unyielding set of regulations; the bug reporters and project maintainers are encouraged to work together to address the issues as best they can, in a manner which works best for all parties involved.
Reporting Problems
For serious problems or security vulnerabilities in the SELinux kernel code please refer to the SELinux Kernel Subsystem Security Policy in the link below:
For serious problems or security vulnerabilities in the SELinux userspace code please refer to the SELinux Userspace Security Policy in the link below:
Problems with the SELinux Reference Policy that are not suitable for immediate public disclosure should be emailed to the current SELinux Reference Policy maintainers; the list is below. We typically request at most a 90 day time period to address the issue before it is made public, but we will make every effort to address the issue as quickly as possible and shorten the disclosure window.
- Chris PeBenito, pebenito@ieee.org
Alternate contacts for the SELinux Reference Policy are the maintainers of the SELinux Userspace. Their contact information is found in the Security Policy linked above.
Resolving Sensitive Security Issues
Upon disclosure of a bug, the maintainers should work together to investigate the problem and decide on a solution. In order to prevent an early disclosure of the problem, those working on the solution should do so privately and outside of the traditional SELinux Reference Policy development practices. One possible solution to this is to leverage the GitHub "Security" functionality to create a private development fork that can be shared among the maintainers, and optionally the reporter. A placeholder GitHub issue may be created, but details should remain extremely limited until such time as the problem has been fixed and responsibly disclosed. If a CVE, or other tag, has been assigned to the problem, the GitHub issue title should include the vulnerability tag once the problem has been disclosed.
Public Disclosure
Whenever possible, responsible reporting and patching practices should be followed, including notification to the linux-distros and oss-security mailing lists.