OpenAI Says Its Models Found Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bugs, Cutting Paths to Root
dangelosaurus · hn · 2026-11-05
OpenAI published 'A Thousand Fewer Paths to Root', detailing how its models discovered and helped fix multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, removing over a thousand potential paths to root. The post is being discussed on Hacker News as a notable example of AI applied to real-world systems security auditing.
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