Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer
by baggy_trough on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:55PM
(#47969345)
What is your interpretation of why Greg KH released a version of 6.12 with this fix in it today, other than to help distributions avoid this vulnerability?
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Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer
by staticassertion on Friday May 01, 2026 @07:50AM
(#47973685)
Why would he ever... not release a new version???? The commit for a fix was in early April, you know.
Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer
by baggy_trough on Friday May 01, 2026 @11:05AM
(#47975653)
If he doesn't believe in the "concept of vulnerabilities" then it is remarkable that he released a 6.12 targeted on this one fix. Why would he do that otherwise?
Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer
by staticassertion on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:18PM
(#47976537)
Sorry but he literally doesn't and nothing you say is going to change that he has explicitly stated that. This isn't up for debate, go ask him yourself, literally go to the first blog post on his site.
As for the latest patch, Greg is currently being forced to clean up a big fucking mess by external parties. And he's miserable about it.