#Android #MaliGPU #Exploit #Surveillance #Malware

This is especially for activists #Anarchists #Antifa in the field.

Despite the upstream vendor (ARM) patching at least 5 reported vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-36449) in their Mali GPU driver this Summer (June/July '22):

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2022/11/mind-the-gap.html

and even posting patched driver source on their website:

https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/mali-drivers/valhall-kernel

many downstream vendors still haven't applied the upstream patch to their phones:

Affected phones containing a Mali GPU driver include:

- Google Pixel 7
- (this may already be
patched since Google's
own Project Zero reported
the vulns),
- Asus ROG Phone 6
- Redmi Note 11
- Redmi Note 12
- Honor 70 Pro
- RealMe GT
- Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Oppo Find X5 Pro
- Reno 8 Pro
- Motorola Edge
- OnePlus 10R

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mali-gpu-patch-gap-leaves-android-users-vulnerable-to-attacks/

Any of these phones could have a productized exploit (implant) surveilling the user.

If you have any of the above phones, see if you can switch to another - it may not be possible, but if you can - try until your manufacturer has a fix.

📬 Mali-GPU: Millionen von Smartphones seit Monaten angreifbar
#Mobilfunk #Softwareentwicklung #Android #google #MaliGPU #OnePlus #ProjectZero #Samsung #Xiaomi https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/mobilfunk/mali-gpu-millionen-von-smartphones-seit-monaten-angreifbar-259563.html

Collabora Announces PanVk, an Open-Source Vulkan Driver for ARM Mali GPUs

https://9to5linux.com/collabora-announces-panvk-an-open-source-vulkan-driver-for-arm-mali-gpus

#Collabora #Vulkan #ARM #MaliGPU #PanVk

Collabora’s Panfrost Open-Source Driver Gets OpenGL 3.1 Support on Mali GPUs

https://9to5linux.com/collaboras-panfrost-open-source-driver-gets-opengl-3-1-support-on-mali-gpus

#Collabora #graphicsdriver #Panfrost #OpenGL3.1 #MaliGPU