[sf-lug] An old problem for Linux persists in Android and another attack can root Amdroid phones...

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers,

     For a full explanation you will need to read text at the URLs given.

     Many of you use Android phones.  I don't know if you are going to get
a kernel update to eliminate Dirty COW but you need one.

<http://www.xda-developers.com/9-year-old-linux-kernel-bug-dubbed-dirty-cow-can-root-every-version-of-android/>

     An attack called Row Hammer can flip bits! and root nearly any 
current Android phone!

< 
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/using-rowhammer-bitflips-to-root-android-phones-is-now-a-thing/ 
 >


     Thanks to correspondents on the Team Amiga mailing list.

     bliss