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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds
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> True.
>
> However I still contend that this is an ass-backwards way to fix
> bugs in software.

Security patches aren't intended to fix bugs in software. They are a
recogntion of the fact that nobody has mastered the art of writing highly
secure software.

Some of them also do things you can't do as a generic case - stuff like TPE
requires kernel help

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