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Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer by vaylian on Friday May 01, 2026 @01:46AM (#47971629)
> alternative mitigation you can use

That's besides the point. If people use the official mitigation on https://copy.fail/#mitigation they will not sufficiently protect themselves on mainstream distros like Ubuntu and Debian.

The page also states

> Most major distributions are shipping the fix now.

This text was probably prepared in advance, but this was simply not true at the time of publication.

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