The fix has been shared with manufacturers that use the operating system and should begin to be distributed soon by brands such as firmware, although it is expected that the upgrade may take weeks to reach the millions of smartphones and tablet with Android in use around the world.
However, Google stresses that the problem is not so serious. For starters, because many Android devices are not affected by the failure, it highlights the Internet giant.
The data released by the company that detected the failure say the same, but also show that the number of Android devices potentially affected It will not be negligible. The Perception Point points to 66% of devices with Android potentially vulnerable.
The flaw in question allows those to explore, gain control over affected systems. Affects all versions of the Linux kernel from the 3.8, which theoretically equivalent to saying that all versions of Android from release 4.4 are vulnerable.
Theoretically so, but in practice can not be. For the equipment shipped with a version of the operating system and yet updated by the manufacturer for later versions, for example, the operating system upgrade may not have been accompanied by a kernel update.
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