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An LLM wrote tests against the kernel's own tables and built him a hardened kernel config tool

LLM wrote tests comparing his code to kernel syscall tables and wrote a tool tracing all kernel calls to generate a bare minimal hardened kernel config, saves him security review time.

How it works

  1. LLM writes tests comparing his code to the kernel syscall tables
  2. Writes a tool tracing all kernel calls
  3. The tool generates a bare minimal hardened config

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent checked his code against the kernel's own syscall tables, not a checklist.

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Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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