Android patches fix Drammer RAM attack, but not Dirty Cow exploit

Posted by abennett on Nov 10, 2016 1:35 PM EDT
CSOonline.com; By Lucian Constantin
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Google released a new monthly batch of security patches for Android, fixing a dozen critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise devices. One of the mitigated issues is a bit-flipping attack against memory chips that could lead to privilege escalation, but a more widespread rooting vulnerability in the Linux kernel remains unpatched.

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