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Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Then reviewers found a race. (thenewstack.io)

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

You are correct, also has nothing to do with AI, just malicious actors.

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[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yep. And the kernel did actually have a backdoor attempt at some point. And it was noticed too https://www.infoq.com/news/2013/10/Linux-Backdoor/

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