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Stable kernel 2.6.32.8Stable kernel 2.6.32.8Posted Feb 11, 2010 10:16 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Stable kernel 2.6.32.8 by chad.netzer Parent article: Stable kernel 2.6.32.8
Rewriting commit messages once they land in the stable kernel tree (as opposed to the stable patch queue) is not possible: you'd break everyone pulling the stable tree.
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Stable kernel 2.6.32.8 Posted Feb 11, 2010 18:13 UTC (Thu) by chad.netzer (✭ supporter ✭, #4257) [Link]
Right. Which is another reason *not* to tie any security analysis to a commit message, since the known security impact of a commit can change.
Stable kernel 2.6.32.8 Posted Feb 12, 2010 0:03 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Well, sort of. It's a reason never to say 'this has no security impact',
but attacks only get worse, never better: it's safe to say 'this is a security hole', because it's not going to *stop* being a security hole.
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