Something good coming out of AI, it seems.
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The graph would've been stronger if other versions were included. Something like this is for example, (it's lowk a bad example though since i can't really tell much about what the author is claiming as an effect of the figure)
https://www.blogspan.net/linux-kernel-cve-2026-98432-tcp-ubuntu-fix/
Which shows compared to previous years a similarish rise in cves but they appear more trivial (for a variety of reasons such as enhancing requitements to be high risk cve)? Would be worth replication
It shows versions up to v6.9 from May 2024, which is a span of 2.5 years approx. and 14 releases. And with the knowledge that Ai usage accelerated during the last few releases, we can conclude its a major factor here for the rise.