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> Torvalds said that disclosing the bug itself was enough, without the pursuant circus that followed when a major problem has been discovered. [1]

So it's not surprising Dirtyfrag was disclosed by a fix in the Linux kernel. [2]

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/torvalds-criticises-the-securi...

[2] https://afflicted.sh/blog/posts/copy-fail-2.html