OpenAI says it found 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.

The Verge · Stevie Bonifield · 2026-11-06 19:13 UTC

It says it used an upcoming cyber model to autonomously scan the latest Linux kernel as of “mid-October 2026.” OpenAI’s system also generated patches for the bugs, and it says a human researcher reviewed them. [Link: A thousand fewer paths to root | https://openai.com/index/a-thousand-fewer-paths-to-root/ | OpenAI]

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