Honestly I would call it a right of passage to get a CVE. It means you are being taken seriously when it come to the kernel.

This is a good ready if you want yo understand what Rust's first CVE means.

https://dev.to/zhanghandong/is-unsafe-the-original-sin-a-deep-dive-into-the-first-cve-after-rust-entered-the-linux-kernel-39k