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Found bugs - examples

These are examples of bugs found in real-life code. The list is for now woefully incomplete and seldom updated.

Linux kernel

• Locking related bugs
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/17/37
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/17/66
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/17/96
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/11/343 (2)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/11/381 (5)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/28/70
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/202
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/203
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/273 (4)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/305 (3)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/315
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/317
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/21/124
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/21/125
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/21/126
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/21/127
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/21/128
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/286
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/287
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/289
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/1/48
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/13/313
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/13/320
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/13/321
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/29024/
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32978/
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/35479/
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/50108/
  • http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd-cvs/2009-December/006714.html
• Memory related bugs
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/29/285
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/13/312
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/13/314 (2)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/6/151
  • http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0909.2/03453.html (5)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/49538/
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/49540/
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/50375/
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564733
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564735
• Sleep-in-atomic bugs
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/189
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/19/207
• Reachability bugs
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/56386/
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/6/331
• Miscellany
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/28/69 (irq disable/enable)
  • http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/14/326 (tty refcnt)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/48851/ (tty refcnt)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/48865/ (tty refcnt)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/46024/ (pci refcnt)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/46201/ (pci refcnt)
  • http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/49539/ (pci refcnt)

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