From e9bf51008ea172b16718cf836af55b201112baec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:40:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] backports: note about lot of backports That's not common. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) --- _posts/2024-03-04-backports.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2024-03-04-backports.md b/_posts/2024-03-04-backports.md index d1a1e8c..f0c08ab 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-03-04-backports.md +++ b/_posts/2024-03-04-backports.md @@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ But it is always possible to ask to hold some patches, or to revert them after. Around 125 patches related to MPTCP have been added to the different kernel versions in February. 33 patches had to be adapted to older versions. 6 other patches have not been backported, because the conflicts were too important, and -the issues they were fixing were not considered as serious enough. +the issues they were fixing were not considered as serious enough. That's a lot +of patches in once. These fixes were not urgent, and they have probably be +delayed due to some people travelling, and the Linux kernel project being +accepted as a [CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)](http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2024/02/13/linux-is-a-cna/) +for vulnerabilities found in Linux. ## Preparing the future v6.9