MUO on MSN

The Linux kernel has 5 AI coding rules every vibe coder should use

I used its contribution guidelines to build, break, and properly verify an AI-coded Morse decoder ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Linux kernel nears 2,000 CVEs per release as AI bug hunters scour 40 million lines of code

AI-assisted bug hunting is driving Linux toward 2,000 CVEs per release, surfacing real flaws and mountains of low-priority work for overwhelmed maintainers.
Phoronix

Linux Kernel Build Times Ready To Be Significantly Reduced With Latest Patches

The past few weeks we have eagerly been following a Linux kernel patch series after AI found some major bottlenecks in the ...
The Hacker News

Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root

Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.
XDA Developers

AI helped a Linux developer find bottlenecks in the kernel, but the code it made to fix it was "hideous"

LLMs are great at finding Linux kernel bottlenecks but not reliable at producing clean fixes. Generated fixes were 'hideous' ...
ZDNet

Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code – here’s how it works

NAPA, Calif. — In the immortal words of song developer Pete Townshend, “Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know!” Linux kernel maintainers have the same question: Who ...
Ars Technica

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: “Fork it. Or just walk away.”

The widespread introduction of AI-powered coding tools has led to some dramatic splits between those integrating those tools into their workflows and anti-AI absolutists who don’t want large language ...
ExtremeTech

Linux Kernel Will Accommodate AI-Assisted Code, But Humans Are Still Liable

The Linux kernel community has formally clarified that it will allow contributors to use AI coding tools, provided a human takes full responsibility for the results. The new documentation for "AI ...
Dark Reading

StackRot Linux Kernel Bug Has Exploit Code on the Way

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...
ZDNet

Kernel security now: Linux’s unique method for securing code

The Linux Foundation’s Greg Kroah-Hartman delivered a comprehensive talk this week on the current state and future challenges of Linux kernel security. Speaking at the Open Source Summit (OSS) Japan ...
BleepingComputer

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

In a rare, groundbreaking decision, Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project. The move comes after a ...
Ars Technica

The Linux Kernel Adopts A Code of Conduct and Linus Torvalds taking a temporary leave

reviously the Linux kernel had a "Code of Conflict" that some might feel is rather harsh. But now it's been replaced by a Code of Conduct that is derived from the Contributor Covenant that has been ...