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Android kernels should use Libre software as anything else is a security issue in a lot of cases (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you look at CVEs in Android a lot of them are tied to proprietary Qualcomm binaries. Its crazy how your GPU driver can be exploited to get root access.

If Qualcomm wasn't so dependent on their vendor kernel that ships with tons of binary blobs it would be lot more secure.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you're getting downvoted by people that only read the title of your post.

[–] slazer2au 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Na, OP sounds wrong in general.

An unsecure binary is 100% the fault of the company creating it not the underlying kernel.

Do you blame the Linux kernel for heartbleed? No, you blame openssl. Do you blame Java for Log4Shell? No you blame Apache

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe I did a bad job of phrasing this?

I'm saying that the bulk of Android security issues come from Qualcomm binaries

[–] slazer2au 2 points 1 day ago

If Android wasn’t so dependent on Qualcomm binary blobs it would be lot more secure.

might be more accurate?