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Who Writes the Bugs? A Deeper Look at 125,000 Kernel Vulnerabilities

January 23, 2026 • by Jenny Guanni Qu

Part 2 of our kernel vulnerability analysis. Weekend commits are 8% less likely to introduce vulnerabilities, but take 45% longer to fix. 117 super-reviewers catch bugs 47% faster than average.

Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20.

January 7, 2026 • by Jenny Guanni Qu (jenny@pebblebed.com)

What I learned mining 125,000 vulnerabilities from Linux git history. The average kernel bug lives 2.1 years before discovery, but some subsystems are far worse.

KREA

April 7, 2025 • by Keith Adams (kma@pebblebed.com)

From a park bench handshake in 2022 to millions of users creating at the speed of imagination. How KREA is collapsing the distance between ideas and their realization.