* Peter Osterlund ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > a) http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html > > Why does this 6 year old bug have to be fixed in the 2.6.12 stable > series? Doesn't the patch violate this stable series rule? > > - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a > problem..." type thing.) > > Maybe the motivation was just missing from the patch description?
These can manifest as possible overflow (1st one, given CAN-2005-2458), or NULL deref (2nd one given CAN-2005-2459), which could have possible security consequences. thanks, -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
