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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 2026 18:32:52 +0000
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org,  dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 6d2a147ae558 - main - libedit: fix use after free
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On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 05:49:51PM +0000, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 04:13:25PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > The branch main has been updated by bapt:
> > 
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6d2a147ae558ef423e3df451a9049200b291a8d0
> > 
> > commit 6d2a147ae558ef423e3df451a9049200b291a8d0
> > Author:     Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2026-03-05 16:12:51 +0000
> > Commit:     Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2026-03-05 16:13:08 +0000
> > 
> >     libedit: fix use after free
> > ---
> >  contrib/libedit/map.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Hey Baptiste,
> 
> UAF bugs are typically thought to be security issues. Does this
> particular fix warrant a security advisory? The log is unfortunately
> lacking much useful metadata usually included in these kinds of
> commits.

Chatted out-of-band with another FreeBSD developer. Turns out this UAF
only existed in main for nine hours. Didn't make it to a stable or
releng branch.

A Fixes: tag probably could've helped address the confusion.

Thanks,

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