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by egberts1 861 days ago
"No CVEs will be assigned for unfixed security issues in the Linux kernel, assignment will only happen after a fix is available as it can be properly tracked that way by the git commit id of the original fix."

Linus Torvalds: "A bug is a bug."

As a kernel developer of ATM driver, I couldn't careless if there is a bug, much less some public authority (t)outing my driver as buggy. They'll get fixed, unit-tested, and real-world live-tested for the next release.