Well, this isn't good... "They introduce kernel bugs on purpose." Well, at least it's caught. So, it's not good - but it's not terrible.

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Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Add a check for gss_release_msg - Leon Romanovsky

lore.kernel.org

That's the kernel mailing list.

They introduce kernel bugs on purpose. Yesterday, I took a look on 4
accepted patches from Aditya and 3 of them added various severity security
"holes".

Hmm... I'll post this in 'off-topic' as I have no idea where this will lead and want folks to have the freedom to digress.

 

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See also:

Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in the name of research [Update]

Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the heads of the Linux kernel dev team, has banned the University of Minnesota from further contributing as the latter had injected questionable patches for research.

www.neowin.net

 

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And here:

Statement from CS&E on Linux Kernel research - April 21, 2021

cse.umn.edu