It&#x27;s kind of unsettling to know there is a known vulnerability (at least known to some) out there and is going to stay unpatched for a couple of days. On the other hand, it is kind of nice to be able to brace for it mentally.<p>Does anybody know why the update is announced a couple of days in advance? Are e.g. maintainers of corresponding packages in Linux distros or *BSD given access to the code ahead of time so they can build new packages?