AI Code Review Finds Real Kernel Bugs

Updated: 2026.04.21 29D ago 2 sources
Linux maintainer Greg Kroah‑Hartman says AI tools recently reached an inflection point: they now produce many valid security and correctness reports and dozens of usable patches, though human cleanup and changelogs remain necessary. Projects are beginning to embed AI into their review infrastructure (for example, Sashiko integrations) and to label AI‑authored contributions. — If AI reliably surfaces real bugs and generates patch candidates, it changes how critical open‑source projects are maintained, how security vulnerabilities are discovered and attributed, and how developer work is organized and regulated.

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Quote and experiments from Greg Kroah‑Hartman (Linux kernel maintainer) about AI-generated reports/patches, plus the push to adopt Sashiko and 'co‑develop' tags in kernel review workflows.
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