Re: Linux 2.6.16.16

[Maciej Soltysiak]

Hello Chris,

Thursday, May 11, 2006, 4:25:47 AM, you wrote:
> Trond Myklebust:
>       fs/locks.c: Fix lease_init (CVE-2006-1860)
I want to say that I like the quick stable cycle. People like to see
fixes. Big thanks!

However...
I must say that usually I know if I need the the update,
eg. I do not care for SCTP that much so I could skip that update.

But this one looks important, something that every kernel build
has in its code path, however I am unable to say if I need it badly
or maybe not.

The url: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1860
says nothing about it.

Could we have a word or two under each patchlet that would qualify them
somehow?
Like:
"Important, not required for all, apply if using SCTP"
"Important, required for all, may *do bad things*, apply ASAP"
"Critical, required for all, surely will *do bad things*, apply ASAP"

Not only distro kernel developers/maintainers use these, so I think
it would be nice.

Best Regards,
Maciej


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