🛡 AI turns 0-day vulnerabilities into n-days
STAR Labs researchers analyzed CVE-2026-53264 — a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Using AI to identify patterns (such as locking inconsistencies when working with RCU) allows for finding such errors almost instantaneously.
🌍 The use of AI in bug hunting is shifting the balance of power. Discovering complex errors in the kernel is becoming faster, turning 0-days into something resembling the analysis of already known n-day vulnerabilities.
👤 This is a significant signal: AI tools are already effectively finding critical errors in OS kernels, accelerating the arms race between hackers and defenders.
Source 1: https://starlabs.sg/blog/2026/07-when-ai-makes-0-days-feel-like-n-days/