Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] security-process: update process information

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 07:19:07PM +0530, P J P wrote:
> From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
> 
> We are about to introduce a qemu-security mailing list to report
> and triage QEMU security issues.
> 
> Update the QEMU security process web page with new mailing list
> and triage details.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>

Thank you for doing it!

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

with one change below.

> ---
>  contribute/security-process.md | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 
> Update v1: incorporate feedback from review to include more details
>   -> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg06234.html
> 
> diff --git a/contribute/security-process.md b/contribute/security-process.md
> index 1239967..fe1bc8b 100644
> --- a/contribute/security-process.md
> +++ b/contribute/security-process.md
> @@ -3,43 +3,70 @@ title: Security Process
>  permalink: /contribute/security-process/
>  ---
>  
> -QEMU takes security very seriously, and we aim to take immediate action to
> -address serious security-related problems that involve our product.
> -
> -Please report any suspected security vulnerability in QEMU to the following
> -addresses. You can use GPG keys for respective receipients to communicate 
> with
> -us securely. If you do, please upload your GPG public key or supply it to us
> -in some other way, so that we can communicate to you in a secure way, too!
> -Please include the tag **\[QEMU-SECURITY\]** on the subject line to help us
> -identify your message as security-related. 
> -
> -## QEMU Security Contact List
> -
> -Please copy everyone on this list:
> -
> - Contact Person(s)   | Contact Address               | Company       |  GPG 
> Key  | GPG key fingerprint
> -:-----------------------|:------------------------------|:--------------|:---------:|:--------------------
> - Michael S. Tsirkin  | mst@redhat.com                | Red Hat Inc.  | 
> [&#x1f511;](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xC3503912AFBE8E67)
>  | 0270 606B 6F3C DF3D 0B17 0970 C350 3912 AFBE 8E67
> - Petr Matousek               | pmatouse@redhat.com           | Red Hat Inc.  
> | 
> [&#x1f511;](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x3E786F42C44977CA)
>  | 8107 AF16 A416 F9AF 18F3 D874 3E78 6F42 C449 77CA
> - Stefano Stabellini  | sstabellini@kernel.org        | Independent   | 
> [&#x1f511;](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x894F8F4870E1AE90)
>  | D04E 33AB A51F 67BA 07D3 0AEA 894F 8F48 70E1 AE90
> - Security Response Team | secalert@redhat.com                | Red Hat Inc.  
> | [&#x1f511;](https://access.redhat.com/site/security/team/contact/#contact) |
> - Michael Roth                | michael.roth@amd.com  | AMD           | 
> [&#x1f511;](https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x3353C9CEF108B584)
>  | CEAC C9E1 5534 EBAB B82D 3FA0 3353 C9CE F108 B584
> - Prasad J Pandit     | pjp@redhat.com                | Red Hat Inc.  | 
> [&#x1f511;](http://pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xE2858B5AF050DE8D)
>  | 8685 545E B54C 486B C6EB 271E E285 8B5A F050 DE8D 
> -
> -## How to Contact Us Securely
> -
> -We use GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) keys to secure communications. Mail
> -sent to members of the list can be encrypted with public keys of all members
> -of the list. We expect to change some of the keys we use from time to time.
> -Should a key change, the previous one will be revoked.
> -
> -## How we respond
> -
> -Maintainers listed on the security reporting list operate a policy of
> -responsible disclosure. As such they agree that any information you share 
> with
> -them about security issues that are not public knowledge is kept confidential
> -within respective affiliated companies. It is not passed on to any 
> third-party,
> -including Xen Security Project, without your permission.
> +Please report any suspected security issue in QEMU to the security mailing
> +list at:
> +
> +* 
> [\<qemu-security@nongnu.org\>](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-security/)
> +
> +To report an issue via [GPG](https://gnupg.org/) encrypted email, please send
> +it to the Red Hat Product Security team at:
> +
> +* 
> [\<secalert@redhat.com\>](https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/#contact)
> +
> +**Note:** after the triage, encrypted issue details shall be sent to the 
> upstream
> +'qemu-security' mailing list for archival purposes.
> +
> +## How to report an issue:
> +
> +* Please include as many details as possible in the issue report.
> +  Ex:
> +    - QEMU version, upstream commit/tag
> +    - Host & Guest architecture x86/Arm/PPC, 32/64 bit etc.
> +    - Affected code area/snippets
> +    - Stack traces, crash details
> +    - Malicious inputs/reproducer steps etc.
> +    - Any configurations/settings required to trigger the issue.
> +
> +* Please share the QEMU command line used to invoke a guest VM.
> +
> +* Please specify whom to acknowledge for reporting this issue.
> +
> +## How we respond:
> +
> +* Process of handling security issues can be divided in two halves.
> +
> +  1) **Triage:**
> +    - Examine the issue details and confirm whether the issue is genuine
> +    - Validate if it can be misused for malicious purposes
> +    - Determine its worst case impact and severity
> +      [Low/Moderate/Important/Critical]
> +
> +  2) **Response:**
> +    - Negotiate embargo timeline (if required, depending on severity)
> +    - Request a CVE and open an upstream
> +      [bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/)
> +      or a [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/groups/qemu-project/-/issues) issue

You may want to clarify that this step in the process will not disclose the 
details of the
issue to the public.