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To: Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25
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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.)
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