* 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
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