Free Software Quality and Security Report

Linux Report

(Posted December 2004)
“So it’s now ‘officially’ all bug-free,” wrote Linus Torvalds after applying Coverity fixes to a recent release of Linux. Coverity contributes heavily to Linux quality and security. Over the past four years, Coverity has provided Linux with thousands of defects—including several security alerts. This report describes the overall quality of Linux with detailed information about the type and location of critical defects.