Re: For discussion: security support strategy for the wheezy kernel

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 22:54:53 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote:
> Even playing the numbers game with a bit more thoughtful analysis with
> the LWN data, lenny looks a lot better.  It can be seen that lenny
> (2.6.26) was vulnerable to 69% (36 out of 52) of the vulnerabilities
> listed there, and squeeze (2.6.32) was vulnerable to 98% (51 out of
> 52).  In my opinion that's a rather substantial difference, and thus a
> problem worth pondering.

Minor correction: lenny was vulnerable to 67% (35 out of 51) and
squeeze was vulnerable to 98% (50 out of 51).  I had missed the issue
that was fixed in 2.6.20 and didn't affect either releases.

Best wishes,
Mike