Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux
by jiggawatts on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:59PM
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> 1 bug per ~10KLOC for any project
1 bug per 10 lines -- not kilolines -- is much closer to the actual "bug rate".
You may be thinking "1 serious security vulnerability bug", but in my experience that too is much closer to 1 per 100 lines to 1 per 1,000 lines, depending on the type of application.
1 bug per 10 lines -- not kilolines -- is much closer to the actual "bug rate".
You may be thinking "1 serious security vulnerability bug", but in my experience that too is much closer to 1 per 100 lines to 1 per 1,000 lines, depending on the type of application.