Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:12:23 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.25.6 |
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* markus reichelt (ml@mareichelt.de) wrote: > * Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Jun 2008, Chris Wright wrote: > > > We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.25.6 > > > kernel. > > > > > > It contains a number of assorted bugfixes all over the tree. Users are > > > encouraged to update. > > > > It also contains at least one security bugfix, as some were quick > > to point out in not-so-kind words: > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/285438/ > > I agree that security bugfixes should be pointed out more clearly.
I don't think anybody is disagreeing with that. It's not always obvious to bug submitters or fixers what the security implications are. While Brad has a good point, esp. w.r.t. the specific cpufreq bug he picked out having security implications, it is not true that we are actively hiding security bugs. Had I realized there was a security issue, I would highlight it in the announce message. In fact, that's our standard procedure for -stable.
thanks, -chris
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