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Google Plans A Single Linux Kernel For All Android Devices

The Android platform is built on the Linux kernel but the kernel that runs on your Android device is very different from the LTS version Google picks up as. It has to go through three stages of modifications from Google, the chip makers, and the device makers before ending up as the Device Kernel on […]

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QualPwn Vulnerabilities Let Hackers Compromise Android Kernel Over WiFi

A team of researchers at Tencent Blade found a series of buffer overflow vulnerabilities (known as QualPwn) that target Android devices running the Snapdragon SoCs. As per the researchers, the vulnerability CVE-2019-10538 (“High” severity rating) can be compromised by attackers to take control of the WiFi chip on a device running an affected Qualcomm SoC. […]

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