Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 05:05:26 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: greg@kroah.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, torvalds@osdl.org, davem@davemloft.net,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Gwe, 2005-03-04 at 11:28, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I think you're assuming that 2.6.x.y will have larger scope than is intended.
> 
> The examples I gave for remap_vm_area and exec are both from real world
> "gosh look I am root isn't that fun" type security holes. If that is
> outside the scope of 2.6.x.y then you need to go back to the drawing
> board.

Well *obviously* things like that are in scope.

It's hardly likely that "maintainers will forget the backport" in that
case, is it?

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