OpenAI says automated pipeline found 948 privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel
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OpenAI says the autonomous pipeline it built discovered, verified, and generated patches for 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. The process strings together vulnerability localization, verification, and patch generation into automated steps. The information disclosed so far only indicates that this pipeline completed discovery, verification, and patch generation; it does not state whether these patches have been merged into the Linux kernel or adopted upstream.
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OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.
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