They hit the network Information about the new Android 12 vulnerability . Talk about dirty pipes . It is still found in smartphones of the Galaxy S22 family and the latest Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro .

 

Find the vulnerability only targets smartphones running Linux kernel 5.8 or later that were released with Android 12. Devices that have been updated to Android 12 are free from this issue .

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What is important, the vulnerability was not patched with the March security patches . We expect that Samsung will release a security update soon that will remove the Galaxy S22 series vulnerability due to the Dirty Pipes vulnerability. Google will patch the operating system along with the April security patches .

Dirty pipes weakness is caused by a bug in Linux kernel version 5.8 which is used by the latest smartphones.

The vulnerability allows Android apps to access file read permissions. In the next step, the data that triggers the malicious code is overwritten. The vulnerability allows remote control of administration access to the entire device .

The vulnerability has already been reported to Google . Currently available information shows that the vulnerability has never been used in practice.

The Dirty Pipe exploit was discovered by developer Max Kellermann who provided a comprehensive report available online describing the entire exploit. He also introduced how to use the Dirty Pipe vulnerability. Lika has already been described as CVE-2022-0847 .