i'm sure this won't be the first place most people hear about this... some researchers are in hot water with the kernel team after being accused of intentionally submitting bad patches in some overwrought attempt to prove that kernel maintainers are... humans?

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YH+7Zy...kroah.com/

UMN's response: https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-cse-lin...il-21-2021

there's a great breakdown of the whole situation on lwn.net if you're a subscriber - otherwise the mailing list thread is pretty clear as well.