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Samsung Galaxy S22 has a risky Linux kernel vulnerability
Installed the July 2022 security patch on your Samsung Galaxy S22? Your phone is still at risk of a new zero-day vulnerability in the Linux kernel, discovered by a security researcher. In addition to the Galaxy S22 series, Google’s latest Pixel 6 lineup is also confirmed to be vulnerable.
This newly found Linux kernel vulnerability seems to be opening an attack vector on any Android OS device that runs Linux kernel version 5.10. Through Twitter, Zhenpeng Lin demonstrated this new unnamed vulnerability using the Google Pixel 6.
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The latest Google Pixel 6 pwned with a 0day in kernel! Achieved arbitrary read/write to escalate privilege and disable SELinux without hijacking control flow. The bug also affects Pixel 6 Pro, other Pixels are not affected 🙂 pic.twitter.com/UsOI3ZbN3L
— Zhenpeng Lin (@Markak_) July 5, 2022
August patch or incremental update could fix it
In case your Android smartphone is running Linux kernel version 5.10, it might be affected by the new vulnerability and allowing a hacker to gain arbitrary read and write access, root privilege, and authority over SELinux, similar to the Dirty Pipe virus that was fixed with recent security patches.
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It’s worth mentioning that the security researcher informed Google about the newly discovered vulnerability. Therefore, it’s expected that the Android maker might soon acknowledge the CVE submission and provide a fix with future security patches or release an incremental update to address it.
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Talking specifically about the Galaxy S22 series smartphone users, Samsung might fix the new Linux kernel vulnerability with the August 2022 security patches or later on. Meanwhile, there are fewer chances of a specific issue fix OTA as the OEM is working on the Android 13 adaptation as well.
How to check kernel version
On your Galaxy S22 series phone, you can check the kernel version by navigating toward system Settings, followed by About phone and Software info.
Samsung July 2022 patch details
July 2022 security patch brings fixes for 3 critical and 20 high levels of CVEs for the Android operating system. However, the company devs. had already spotted and fixed 2 CVEs through previous updates, while 7 are not applicable on Samsung devices.