Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters

Christian Brauner (Amutable) tops the list of Linux kernel sign-offs tied to LLM-generated code with 32 "Signed-off-by" entries, according to the seventh installment of the "Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest" series. The report lists Jori Koolstra with 31, Linus Walleij with 21, and Mark Brown with 16 double-digit sign-offs, and argues that undisclosed bot-generated contributions to the kernel pose a security threat because the committer may not know whether the code contains a backdoor. The series ties the activity to Microsoft, which Brauner joined and which the article links to Snowden-leak claims about adding backdoors.

Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 7 - Infested With or Plagued by Bot-Generated Slop, Committed by Microsofters This week we plan to wrap up this series, maybe revisit or resume it in case we have new findings. It started last week by all means revisit Part 1 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 1 At the Beginning Torval.shtml , Part 2 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/16/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 2 Bribes From Slop Pusher.shtml , Part 3 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/18/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 3 Besieged by LLM Bots No.shtml , Part 4 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/19/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 4 Outsourcing to Microsof.shtml , Part 5 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 5 Kernel Dependency on Pl.shtml , and Part 6 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/21/Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest Part 6 Seeing Who Contaminates.shtml . In previous parts we showed the list of top signers of LLM slop. At the top we had: 32 Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Amutable <brauner@kernel.org Committing and pushing LLM slop . Amutable is a de facto Microsoft proxy and Brauner comes from Microsoft, where he proudly pulled LP https://techrights.org/o/2022/08/06/pivot-away-from-systemd/ , the other Microsoft head honcho https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/head-honcho . Now only does Brauner still serve Microsoft; Brauner trolls the Linux community about adding surveillance to Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft Uses April Fools to Joke About Inserting Age Verifica.shtml systemd @ msft github . Using the LLM marker/s or other metadata, we see all the double-digit sign-offs: 32 Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Amutable <brauner@kernel.org 31 Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl 21 Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org 16 Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org An associate said that at least that LLM slop is labeled; but no... People like us rely on people disclosing it and being honest about it. In practice, many do not, they just plagiarise and cheat in secret. Slop in Linux is a bad thing, but if it is Microsoft infecting the kernel with slop, then it is even worse, the associate argued. Microsoft's objective is to add back doors to everything https://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft and the NSA/ , according to Snowden leaks https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/22/Edward Snowden Lost His Voice Then His Leaks Lost Exposure Acce.shtml . Slop is a security threat; even the person committing or push slop to Linux might not be aware that there's a back/bug door in the code. Jacob Bachmeyer and Richard Stallman recently covered this aspect in passing https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/17/What s Wrong with Microsoft s GitHub New Article by Jacob Bachm.shtml . █ top