Finding bugs is no longer the bottleneck; validating them and landing patches is: what OpenAI's 948 Linux kernel privilege escalations show
On November 4, OpenAI described an automated scan of the Linux kernel that produced 2,308 candidate findings in 12 hours and ended with 948 confirmed local privilege escalation bugs, at an API cost of $1,213,430. The more important story is where the cost lands and who now carries the pressure: validation and exploitation took more than 70% of the spend, and what decides when users are safe is how fast maintainers land patches and how fast you update.
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