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The First PS4 Kernel Exploit: Adieu

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Re: The First PS4 Kernel Exploit: Adieu

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Post by Cyph0n »

ninh wrote: post #7

Sony appears to have patched it from firmware 4.06 and up. The adieu in the title appears to refer to bidding a farewell to the exploit rather than a codename for it ;-) Great and insightful write-up nonetheless!

qwertyoruiopz[1] claims to have achieved kernel-level code execution on 5.00. It's probably not going to be released to the public anytime soon, but it's still not over for the PS4 homebrew scene.

[1]: https://twitter.com/qwertyoruiopz

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Post by oculusthrift »

nkg wrote: post #14

Is it me or Sony has become good at protecting its software ? I remember a time when every new console would be hacked within the year it was released.

I don’t know much about it, but some other users were implying that they now use freebsd when previously they rolled their own OS. If that’s the case, it makes sense.

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

nkg wrote: post #14

Is it me or Sony has become good at protecting its software ? I remember a time when every new console would be hacked within the year it was released.

If anything the PS4 is a downgrade from the PS3 here. The PS3 ran everything in a hypervisor.
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