Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25

Florian Weimer
2003-03-23T20:22:38Z

Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:

> To give an instance, because I don't work for a distribution, I don't
> have access to the security lists. Yet, I'm the guy who produces the
> ARM patches which the ARM community at large use.

Well, this is a problem which will be fixed over time. Amorphous
distributions such as Debian will no longer be notified first, and
non-US distributions will follow if things proceed in the current
direction. (Look at the handling of the recent IIS vulnerability to
get a glimpse of the future.)