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[-] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nothing much to do for me. Just apply patches as normal.

Edit: I wonder how bad is it on Android

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I don't think af_alg is exposed to non-root users on android.

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Android doesn't have su, which this proof of concept exploit requires. Although rooted Android does, so in theory malware written for rooted Android could escalate to root privileges.

Also, the underlying vulnerabilities might be exploitable without su but I don't fully understand the AF_ALG and authencesn bug limits things, or what other executables can escalate privileges.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Don't need specifically SU by my understanding. Just any suid executable.

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah. Plus apparently Android's default SELinux configuration blocks this separately, as well.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

I wished android is affected but no

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