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by OsrsNeedsf2P 7 days ago
Amazing how people think this means anything
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This sounds like cope.

We are going to see more of this with LLMs being able to uncover hundreds of bugs in projects just like Linux.

This has nothing to do with LLMs.
That doesn't excuse the point. Thanks to LLMs, We'll see more of this and more embargoed vulnerabilities now revealed like this on a regular basis.

Given that Linux allows the use of AI assistance [0] you'll be very disappointed to see that people will use LLMs to find even more CVEs and bugs much quicker. That also means they will be fixed much quicker which should be a good thing; as long as the core developer is in the loop checking.

Unless you are against or downplaying this, you may not know that you are actually coping.

[0] https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html

Coping with what? Your reply is too full of buzzwords and vague assumptions to understand what point you are trying to make or what you believe you have inferred from me.
What do you use instead and what makes it more secure?
> CVE-2026-64012: net/sched: sch_sfb: Replace direct dequeue call with peek and qdisc_dequeue_peeked.

You are right, its over.

On a more serious note. Yes and no. The kernel is secure. It is probably the most scrutinized piece of software in existence. LLMs will find things but most probably they just will help contributors fix bugs.

You would think after all those years of Linus rejecting code and calling it "garbage" like some petulant manchild, there would be no garbage in the kernel...