AI is finding thousands of bugs in Linux, and maintainers can barely keep up

AI systems like GLM-5.3 are now flooding the Linux kernel security pipeline with bug reports, pushing CVE counts from ~500 per release to nearly 2,000. While most flagged issues are low-priority or affect legacy drivers, the sheer volume has made the kernel's private security mailing list nearly unmanageable, and maintainers warn the number could keep climbing as AI tools grow more capable.