I have seen articles claiming that the Dirty Pipe vulnerability could cause security issues and even root access on Android devices with the vulnerable kernel version. Can you explain how this would happen, as I presume each applications is isolated through virtualization?
Ask HN: How would the Dirty Pipe vulnerability be exploited on Android?
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Re: Ask HN: How would the Dirty Pipe vulnerability be exploited on Android?
#2> as I presume each applications is isolated through virtualization
why would you presume that? Android does not use virtualization for app isolation (yet).
Re: Ask HN: How would the Dirty Pipe vulnerability be exploited on Android?
#3> as I presume each applications is isolated through virtualization why would you presume that? Android does not use virtualization for app isolation (yet).
Oh... is the permission system just SELinux?