A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google - Gizmodo

Google said the exploit, located in a garbage collection mechanism within the Linux kernel, was first reported by developers in 2016.

Googles Threat Analysis Group revealed new details today about its efforts to identify and help patch a zero-day exploit impacting Android devices built by a commercial surveillance vendor and dating… [+3617 chars]

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