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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

576 points · 408 comments · luispa

intrepidsoldier · 1790914300 · focus · HN ↗
Just the beginning. AI is going to expose how fragile the entire computing infrastructure in our world is.
1. flohofwoe · 1790934118 · focus · HN ↗
  No, it will be a tsunami of new discoveries in old code bases at first, but that will settle down as those old bugs are fixed. It's been like this with every new code analysis tool (the wave may be exceptionally high this time though).
  1. goalieca · 1790942633 · focus · HN ↗
    It's normal practice for companies to have a backlog of scanner tool results. Sometimes in the thousands for a larger project. Many of them are legit bugs but also highly local and so far down the stack they're hard to exploit. It takes a ton of work to triage, more than management is willing to spend. Also more than they're wiling to fix and paydown.
    flohofwoe · 1790943055 · focus · HN ↗
    Well now they can just point the AI at the backlog (just kidding)
    someguyiguess · 1790948095 · focus · HN ↗
    You kid but AI can absolutely make security professionals far more productive just as it does for other professionals.

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