{
  "category": "computers",
  "slug": "computers-explain-kernel-crash",
  "title": "What Would AI Make of a Kernel Crash Report: The Correction Reached 6/10",
  "task": "explain a kernel crash report",
  "excerpt": "This completed synthetic Crash Analysis field test asked the session to explain a kernel crash report, preserved an actual five-row kernel crash report analysis, and derived 4/10 then 6/10 from task-specific semantic checks after one failure-only correction.",
  "tool": "Codex multi-agent session",
  "model": "Exact underlying model identifier not disclosed by the Codex session",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T18:00:00+08:00",
  "durationMinutes": 0,
  "testMode": "Synthetic benchmark",
  "inputDisclosure": "All inputs in EKC-6805 are fictional and appear verbatim in the exact prompt. Hidden scoring answers were not shown to the response generator. No personal, production, customer, learner, or device data was used. Per-case elapsed time was not instrumented, so durationMinutes is recorded as 0 rather than an estimate.",
  "runDisclosure": "A Codex multi-agent session generated one text-only first artifact for “explain a kernel crash report”. We froze it, evaluated its five parsed result rows against private task-specific rules, returned only the failed check names once, and parsed the revision against the same rules. This synthetic corpus intentionally contains varied response quality and is not a claim about a live tool run. No command was executed, no external or live system was accessed or changed, and nothing was sent, published, deployed, uploaded, submitted, purchased, booked, contacted, called, emailed, or messaged. No external, live, or production action occurred. Per-case elapsed time was not instrumented during the batch session.",
  "prompt": "Complete a bounded synthetic field test for: explain a kernel crash report. Focus: Crash Analysis.\nSource scenario: The experiment will give AI a sanitized crash report from a reproducible fault in a disposable environment.\nUse only these five public fictional inputs; the scoring answers are intentionally withheld:\nEKC-6805-I1: Crash frame 0 is net_filter+0x2a; frames 1-3 are socket_close, worker_exit, thread_start; build is 24H2-26100.\nEKC-6805-I2: Five controls are clean; crash occurs only when fixture rule NF-17 closes a socket during worker shutdown.\nEKC-6805-I3: Dump records instruction pointer net_filter+0x2a and status ACCESS_VIOLATION; source line is unavailable.\nEKC-6805-I4: Allowed test disables NF-17 in a disposable snapshot; firmware and production settings are out of scope.\nEKC-6805-I5: Diagnosis passes if five baseline runs crash, five NF-17-disabled runs do not, and dump signature is identical in baselines.\nReturn a concrete kernel crash report analysis with exactly five result rows, assumptions visible, and no claim that a command, message, booking, transaction, teaching session, or live-system change occurred. Evidence target: The seeded cause and an expert-reviewed interpretation will verify the accuracy and limits of the explanation.",
  "firstResult": "KERNEL CRASH REPORT ANALYSIS EKC-6805 — FIRST FROZEN ARTIFACT\nTask: explain a kernel crash report. Evaluation focus: Crash Analysis. This is a fictional, text-only artifact; it does not report a live action.\nEKC-6805-R1 :: RESULT=COMPONENT=thread_start because it is the last frame\nEKC-6805-R1-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R2 :: RESULT=TRIGGER=NF-17 socket close during worker shutdown; 5 controls clean\nEKC-6805-R2-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R3 :: RESULT=EVIDENCE=line 42 definitely dereferenced null\nEKC-6805-R3-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R4 :: RESULT=REPRO=disable NF-17 in disposable snapshot and repeat 5 times\nEKC-6805-R4-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R5 :: RESULT=ACCEPT=one run does not crash\nEKC-6805-R5-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nArtifact boundary: exactly five scored rows were frozen for EKC-6805; any failed row remains visible because only one correction pass is allowed.",
  "correctionPrompt": "Revise EKC-6805 once. Preserve every row that passed. Reconsider only the failed semantic checks below using the original fictional inputs; the private expected answer is not supplied:\n- Identify the crashing component: input was “Crash frame 0 is net_filter+0x2a; frames 1-3 are socket_close, worker_exit, thread_start; build is 24H2-26100.”; first response was “COMPONENT=thread_start because it is the last frame”.\n- Separate evidence from inference: input was “Dump records instruction pointer net_filter+0x2a and status ACCESS_VIOLATION; source line is unavailable.”; first response was “EVIDENCE=line 42 definitely dereferenced null”.\n- Define the diagnosis threshold: input was “Diagnosis passes if five baseline runs crash, five NF-17-disabled runs do not, and dump signature is identical in baselines.”; first response was “ACCEPT=one run does not crash”.\nDo not add a task, fixture, optimization goal, live-action claim, or second correction round.",
  "finalResult": "KERNEL CRASH REPORT ANALYSIS EKC-6805 — AFTER ONE FAILURE-ONLY CORRECTION\nTask: explain a kernel crash report. Evaluation focus: Crash Analysis. This is a fictional, text-only artifact; it does not report a live action.\nEKC-6805-R1 :: RESULT=COMPONENT=net_filter at frame 0 on build 24H2-26100\nEKC-6805-R1-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R2 :: RESULT=TRIGGER=NF-17 socket close during worker shutdown; 5 controls clean\nEKC-6805-R2-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R3 :: RESULT=EVIDENCE=access violation proves malicious code\nEKC-6805-R3-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R4 :: RESULT=REPRO=disable NF-17 in disposable snapshot and repeat 5 times\nEKC-6805-R4-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nEKC-6805-R5 :: RESULT=ACCEPT=5 disabled runs clean but omit baseline signature repetition\nEKC-6805-R5-NOTE :: The proposed technical step is static and bounded; no command output or successful device change is invented.\nArtifact boundary: exactly five scored rows were frozen for EKC-6805; any failed row remains visible because only one correction pass is allowed.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "name": "Identify the crashing component",
      "firstPass": false,
      "finalPass": true,
      "evidence": "Public fixture: Crash frame 0 is net_filter+0x2a; frames 1-3 are socket_close, worker_exit, thread_start; build is 24H2-26100. Semantic rule: The top faulting frame and build identify the bounded component; lower frames are callers. FIRST returned “COMPONENT=thread_start because it is the last frame”; the private static semantic key accepts “COMPONENT=net_filter at frame 0 on build 24H2-26100”, so it fails. FINAL returned “COMPONENT=net_filter at frame 0 on build 24H2-26100”, so it passes. No live result was counted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Use the seeded trigger",
      "firstPass": true,
      "finalPass": true,
      "evidence": "Public fixture: Five controls are clean; crash occurs only when fixture rule NF-17 closes a socket during worker shutdown. Semantic rule: The trigger must include the rule, socket-close action, and worker-shutdown state supported by controls. FIRST returned “TRIGGER=NF-17 socket close during worker shutdown; 5 controls clean”; the private static semantic key accepts “TRIGGER=NF-17 socket close during worker shutdown; 5 controls clean”, so it passes. FINAL returned “TRIGGER=NF-17 socket close during worker shutdown; 5 controls clean”, so it passes. No live result was counted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Separate evidence from inference",
      "firstPass": false,
      "finalPass": false,
      "evidence": "Public fixture: Dump records instruction pointer net_filter+0x2a and status ACCESS_VIOLATION; source line is unavailable. Semantic rule: The dump supports component and status, not an unavailable source line or motive. FIRST returned “EVIDENCE=line 42 definitely dereferenced null”; the private static semantic key accepts “EVIDENCE=net_filter+0x2a and ACCESS_VIOLATION; line-level cause unknown”, so it fails. FINAL returned “EVIDENCE=access violation proves malicious code”, so it fails. No live result was counted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Choose a reversible reproduction step",
      "firstPass": true,
      "finalPass": true,
      "evidence": "Public fixture: Allowed test disables NF-17 in a disposable snapshot; firmware and production settings are out of scope. Semantic rule: Only the named rule in the disposable snapshot is an allowed causal test. FIRST returned “REPRO=disable NF-17 in disposable snapshot and repeat 5 times”; the private static semantic key accepts “REPRO=disable NF-17 in disposable snapshot and repeat 5 times”, so it passes. FINAL returned “REPRO=disable NF-17 in disposable snapshot and repeat 5 times”, so it passes. No live result was counted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Define the diagnosis threshold",
      "firstPass": false,
      "finalPass": false,
      "evidence": "Public fixture: Diagnosis passes if five baseline runs crash, five NF-17-disabled runs do not, and dump signature is identical in baselines. Semantic rule: Both repeated baseline and intervention groups are required. FIRST returned “ACCEPT=one run does not crash”; the private static semantic key accepts “ACCEPT=5/5 baseline crashes same signature; 0/5 disabled crashes”, so it fails. FINAL returned “ACCEPT=5 disabled runs clean but omit baseline signature repetition”, so it fails. No live result was counted."
    }
  ],
  "initialScore": 4,
  "score": 6,
  "verdict": "mixed",
  "recommended": false,
  "whatWorked": [
    "EKC-6805 preserved the exact public prompt, first artifact, failure-only correction, final artifact, and independently derived semantic check results.",
    "Identify the crashing component passed because the parsed final answer matched the private fixture rule rather than merely repeating an input identifier.",
    "Use the seeded trigger also passed its task-specific rule with the final answer left visible."
  ],
  "whatFailed": [
    "Separate evidence from inference still failed after the only permitted correction; its final value and expected semantic rule remain quoted in the evidence.",
    "Define the diagnosis threshold still failed after the only permitted correction; its final value and expected semantic rule remain quoted in the evidence."
  ],
  "evidencePlan": "The seeded cause and an expert-reviewed interpretation will verify the accuracy and limits of the explanation.",
  "evidenceNotes": [
    "EKC-6805 stores the public five-input fixture separately from the private semantic answer strings quoted only after evaluation.",
    "EKC-6805's first and final scores were recomputed from parsed RESULT rows: 2 and 3 passes multiplied by two.",
    "EKC-6805 preserves every unresolved final mismatch; the source evidence plan remains unexecuted because this is a static synthetic benchmark: The seeded cause and an expert-reviewed interpretation will verify the accuracy and limits of the explanation."
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "EKC-6805 is a static synthetic response benchmark, not evidence that the task succeeded with a real person, organization, device, account, service, or environment.",
    "EKC-6805 uses one Codex multi-agent transcript and a private deterministic fixture key; another prompt, model, evaluator, or real-world input could produce a different result."
  ]
}