Re: Qualcomm firmware patches 64 Android SOCs

Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

Andy Burns, 2024-10-13 11:46:
 

Arno Welzel wrote:
 

Gelato wrote:
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qualcomm-patches-high-severity-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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How does Qualcomm patch these zero-day holes in their chipsets?
Does the company upload a firmware patch? Does the carrier? Google?

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Qualcomm provides software patches for the drivers.
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Device manufacturers have to use these patches as part of a security
update if they use the affected chipsets in their devices.

It isn't crystal clear whether google play system updates can provide
this type of fix, bypassing the manufacturer ...

 
I doubt, that system drivers can be updates using Google Play services.
Usually this must be installed as an update of the installed system itself.

  Note that Andy said "Google Play system updates" (case corrections
mine), not "Google Play services". "Google Play services" is the
software framework, i.e. running code. "Google Play system updates"
(note *system* updates) are what is distributed, i.e. 'data' (containing
code). Two different animals.

  Google Play system updates (re: Project Mainline) can update system
components. Not sure if that includes drivers, but for generic - not
vendor-specific - drivers, that should be possible, considering Android
is Linux-like under the hood.