You seem to be implying that Linus Thorvalds should also be liable for damage caused by Linux kernel. I don't think the analogy is good. You might be better of

You seem to be implying that Linus Thorvalds should also be liable for damage caused by Linux kernel. I don't think the analogy is good. You might be better off replacing Linus with Apple and Linux with macOS. In that case, I would definitely think Apple should be held liable if an update to macOS bricks some hardware in a Mac. But with Linux, it is different: You do not have a business relationship with Linus. Sure, if you bought your Linux distribution from, say Red Hat, and it bricks your server, I think you might have a good case against Red Hat(IBM).