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Using LLMs to find Python C-extension bugs

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The open-source world is currently awash in reports of LLM-discovered bugs and vulnerabilities, [...]

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LWN.net needs you! Without subscribers, LWN would simply not exist. Please consider signing up for a subscription and helping to keep LWN publishing. By Jake EdgeApril 21, 2026 The open-source world is currently awash in reports of LLM-discovered bugs and vulnerabilities, which makes for a lot more work for maintainers, but many of the current crop are being reported responsibly with an eye toward minimizing that impact. A recent report on an effort to systematically find bugs in Python extensions written in C has followed that approach.

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