linux-kernel - Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:18:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	pageexec@...email.hu
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10



On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, pageexec@...email.hu wrote:
>
> in any case, i don't see why you can't put keywords into the commit
> that say the bug being fixed is 'security related' or 'potentially 
> exploitable', etc. people can then decide how to prioritize them.

Because I see no point. Quite often, we don't even realize some random bug 
could have been a security issue.

It's not worth my energy, in other words. 

			Linus
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