[glibc] advisories: Document rejection process in README.
Carlos O'Donell via Glibc-cvs <[email protected]>
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=979e4dc4a0ce4f242f5d075d58048ba6f7f1c9e2 commit 979e4dc4a0ce4f242f5d075d58048ba6f7f1c9e2 Author: Carlos O'Donell <[email protected]> Date: Tue Apr 21 12:16:29 2026 -0400 advisories: Document rejection process in README. Reviewed-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <[email protected]> Diff: --- advisories/README | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/advisories/README b/advisories/README index b8f8a829ca..330a31dff3 100644 --- a/advisories/README +++ b/advisories/README @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ This is the CVE-Id assigned under the CVE Program Public-Date: The date this issue became publicly known. +Rejected-Date: +The most recent date the assigned advisory was rejected. If the advisory +is ever published again the Rejected-Date tag should be removed. + Vulnerable-Commit: The commit that introduced this vulnerability. There could be multiple entries, one for each release branch in the glibc repository; the @@ -67,6 +71,17 @@ An advisory for a CVE needs to be added on the master branch in two steps: 4. Verify the updated advisory and push the result. +Rejecting an Advisory +--------------------- + +Rejecting an advisory on the master branch can be done in one step: + +1. Mark the advisory as rejected. Add the text "REJECTED: " as a prefix + to any short-form description. Add a new paragraph that starts with + "REJECTED: " and explains the reason for the rejection including + justification for why it no longer has security impact. Lastly add + a Rejected-Date tag to the advisory. + Getting a NEWS snippet from advisories --------------------------------------