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 # linux_kernel_cves
 
-This is a simple project to track CVEs in the upstream linux kernel.
+This is a simple project to track common vulnerability and exposure cases (CVEs) in the upstream linux kernel.
 Individual distro's (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, etc) often do a good job of
 tracking CVEs for their own kernels but this information is lacking for
 the upstream kernel. This project aims to help out with this void. The output