OpenAI says upcoming model generated patches for 948 Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities

OpenAI says its security researchers used an upcoming cyber model in a single run to validate 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and generate patches, at a total API cost of $1.2 million. The post says humans reviewed the results before sending them to Linux maintainers; it does not say the patches were accepted.

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2026-11-04 16:00 · Original publication · UTC+8

OpenAI builds autonomous pipeline for Linux kernel privilege-escalation flaws

OpenAI says its autonomous pipeline found and validated 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and generated patches for them. The source does not say whether the patches were accepted or released.

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