Re: CVE Request: linux kernel perf out-of-bounds access

[Eugene Teo <eugeneteo () kernel sg>]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Marc Deslauriers <
marc.deslauriers () canonical com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a CVE for this? If not, could one be assigned, please?
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2441281/
>
> 8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f
>
> (BTW, there is currently an exploit for this going around...)

Nowhere did it say it is a security fix. Fix available since April 13.
s@kois not aware too. Awesome.

Seriously, surely by now we should all know that silent fixes are not the
wisest thing to do.

Eugene