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OpenAI security model finds 948 Linux kernel privilege-escalation exploits

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According to IT Home, OpenAI reported that an unreleased cybersecurity model, run through an automated discovery, validation, exploitation and patching pipeline, surfaced 2,308 candidate Linux kernel issues and reproduced 1,724 of them. It produced 948 distinct local privilege-escalation exploits, up from 166 in a July test with GPT-5.6 Sol, at about $1.21M in API cost. OpenAI says 61 flaws were already fixed upstream.

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