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

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 10/27/2016 01:27 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 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



     Expressing appreciation for sharing these matters which while of no 
particular concern to
me will undoubtedly help a lot of the Linux/Android users of the local 
and less local LUGs,

     bliss