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AI agents struggle with Linux kernel fault diagnosis, new benchmark shows

Researchers have developed a new benchmark, LinuxFLBench, to evaluate the effectiveness of AI agents in diagnosing faults within the Linux kernel. Existing state-of-the-art agents struggle with this complex task, achieving only 41.6% top-1 accuracy at the file level. To address this, the team also proposed LinuxFL$^+$, a framework that significantly improves the accuracy of these agents for Linux kernel fault localization. AI

IMPACT New benchmark and framework could accelerate AI's role in critical system software maintenance.

RANK_REASON Academic paper introducing a new benchmark and framework for AI fault localization. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhenhao Zhou, Zhuochen Huang, Yike He, Chong Wang, Jiajun Wang, Yijian Wu, Xin Peng, Yiling Lou ·

    Taming System Complexity: Demystifying Software Engineering Agents in Diagnosing Linux Kernel Faults

    arXiv:2505.19489v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The Linux kernel is a critical system, serving as the foundation for numerous systems. Bugs in the Linux kernel can cause serious consequences, affecting billions of users. Fault localization (FL), which aims at identifying the …