The concept of the research is quite good. The way this research was carried out, is downright unethical.
By submitting their bad code to the actual Linux mailing list, they have made Linux kernel developers part of their research without their knowledge or consent.
Some of this vandalism has made it down into the Linux kernel already. These researchers have sabotaged other people's software for their personal gain, another paper to boast about.
Had this been done with the developers' consent and with a way to pull out the patches before they actually hit the stable branches, then this could have been a valuable research. It's the way that the research was carried out that's the problem, and that's why everybody is hating on the researches (rather than the research matter itself).
submitting a patch for review to test the strength of the review process is not equivalent to inducing PTSD in people without consent or breaking in to the Whitehouse.
You're being ridiculous.
Linux runs many of the worlds financial, medical, etc etc... institutions and they have exposed how easy it is to introduce a backdoor.
If this was Facebook and not Linux everyone would look upon this very differently.
By submitting their bad code to the actual Linux mailing list, they have made Linux kernel developers part of their research without their knowledge or consent.
Some of this vandalism has made it down into the Linux kernel already. These researchers have sabotaged other people's software for their personal gain, another paper to boast about.
Had this been done with the developers' consent and with a way to pull out the patches before they actually hit the stable branches, then this could have been a valuable research. It's the way that the research was carried out that's the problem, and that's why everybody is hating on the researches (rather than the research matter itself).