On Monday 2026-01-12 04:09, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>
> In short, this is a crash bug, but not a security issue.  This is different
> from (for example) a parser bug that results in NULL being dereferenced if
> crafted input is processed.
>
> Are we now using CVE IDs as some kind of global bug tracker?

Isn't that how the Linux kernel works these days,
as per <https://docs.kernel.org/process/cve.html>:

"almost any bug might be exploitable to compromise the security of
the kernel, but the possibility of exploitation is often not evident
when the bug is fixed"

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