Re: [PATCH] vmsplice exploit fix (was: splice: fix user pointer access in get_iovec_page_array)

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Mon Feb 11 2008 - 02:49:54 EST


Hi Daniel,

On Feb 11, 2008 9:29 AM, Daniel Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think many users would first go to kernel.org on a day like today, as
> I did. Nothing to see there. We could do a way better job of getting
> the word out.

Any suggestions what I could have done better here? As soon as Linus
merged the patch, I sent it to stable@xxxxxxxxxx and expected
information to spread from there. I did also follow up on some vendor
bugzillas (Debian, RHEL, Fedora) to make sure they were aware of the
merged patch (they were).

Pekka
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