> Strangers submitting patches to the kernel is completely normal, where throwing people off is not.
Strangers submitting patches might be completely normal.
Malicious strangers trying to sneak vulnerabilities by submitting malicious patches devised to exploit the code review process is not normal. At all.
There are far more news reports of deranged people throwing strangers under traffic, subways, and trains, than there are reports of malicious actors trying to sneak vulnerable patches.
> Malicious strangers trying to sneak vulnerabilities by submitting malicious patches devised to exploit the code review process is not normal.
How could you possibly know that? In fact, I would suggest that you are completely and obviously wrong. Government intelligence agencies exist (among other things) and presumably engage in such behavior constantly. The reward for succeeding is far too high to assume that no one is trying.
Strangers submitting patches might be completely normal.
Malicious strangers trying to sneak vulnerabilities by submitting malicious patches devised to exploit the code review process is not normal. At all.
There are far more news reports of deranged people throwing strangers under traffic, subways, and trains, than there are reports of malicious actors trying to sneak vulnerable patches.