Linux kernel
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The Linux kernel is the core of the Linux operating system, notable as a target of AI-discovered zero-day vulnerabilities by Anthropic's Claude Mythos and compiled by a 100,000-line Rust C compiler built using parallel Claude agents.
Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era
Claude Mythos autonomously discovered thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities—including exploits for a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw and 16-year-old FFmpeg bug—marking a significant leap in AI-powered vulnerability research and infrastructure security.
Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes
Anthropic demonstrated autonomous multi-agent collaboration at scale by having 16 parallel Claude instances build a fully-functional C compiler capable of compiling Linux without human intervention.
Claude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years
Claude Code discovered a 23-year-old Linux kernel heap buffer overflow through automated source code analysis, demonstrating AI-assisted vulnerability research at previously unreachable individual researcher scale.
Linux 7.0 Broke PostgreSQL: The Preemption Regression Explained
A 50% PostgreSQL performance cliff on Linux 7.0: AWS engineer traces the regression to the kernel's removal of PREEMPT_NONE and its clash with spinlock-based buffer management.
Four new stable kernels for Monday
Greg Kroah-Hartman releases security patches across four active Linux kernel versions (6.6 through 7.0) to address stability issues and security vulnerabilities.