Re: Linux kernel vulnerabilities in unstable

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:44:23 -0400 Michael S. Gilbert wrote:

[...]
> by all means, go ahead and file the bugs;

Bugs filed: #536147 and #536148 

> just make sure that the
> consequences are serious or greater before filing as RC.

I think that *introducing* (that is to say, as a regression) a security
hole that allows a denial of service attack (crash) and/or a privilege
escalation attack *does* have serious consequences. 

> there is some
> new relevant discussion on -devel [1] indicating intent get the
> unstable kernel moving into testing soon (primarily to move d-i
> development forward).

I was kinda suspecting that this was the case...  Call it intuition,
call it sixth sense, call it as you like...  ;-) 


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