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Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released

Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released

Posted Nov 10, 2009 22:16 UTC (Tue) by PaXTeam (subscriber, #24616)
In reply to: Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released by flewellyn
Parent article: Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released

> They mentioned several CVEs;

you mean all two of them and the least relevant ones at that? ;)

> the omission of that one is likely an oversight.

you mean after exploits have been out in the public, hit /. and others. do you realize that this bug is one of the most serious ones in a long time, affecting probably a decade's worth of kernels?

> Really, you should stop assuming bad faith on the part of the kernel devs.

who said i was assuming anything? the facts speak for themselves and i will continue to point them out whether you like it or not.


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Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released

Posted Nov 10, 2009 23:05 UTC (Tue) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link]

What do you want them to do, then?

Stable kernels 2.6.31.6 and 2.6.27.39 released

Posted Nov 11, 2009 14:58 UTC (Wed) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Probably mention serious security fixes better so that people like I don't
have to wait for PaXTeam to point out issues like this one. :)

I mean; wouldn't it be nice to be able to trust what the kernel releases
changelogs say? Because right now you can't and not everybody is going to
understand the extent of a problem just because the logs reference a null
pointer.

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