Android fragmentation is a constant issue for the world’s most popular operating system. While high-end consumers are treated to a fresh Android version each year, another version comes along before ...

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The Android Common Kernel is about to remove support for the RISC-V architecture. Android Common Kernel is Google’s fork of the upstream Linux kernel but with Android-specific additions. RISC-V is an ...

The Android's kernel controls many aspects of the operating system, so when you replace the operating system you replace the code that keeps Android running. Android custom kernels, also called ROMs, ...

A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming. During a Linaro Connect 2017 presentation on Android’s Project Treble, Googler Iliyan Malchev announced that Linux LTS (Long ...

Android modem exploit disclosed August 17: answering a video call can hand a remote attacker complete kernel control of any budget Android phone running a Unisoc chipset. No patch exists for either ...

A vulnerability in UNISOC modem firmware can allow arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges from the modem context, ...

Google has been offering Android as a mobile operating system for close to a decade. The company acquired it in 2005, unveiled it to the public in 2007 and then in 2008 we saw the first commercially ...

Pixel 6 may miss Google’s next Android kernel upgrade, but security patches and Android 17 are still expected through October 2026. A leak reported by PhoneArena on July 3 claims Google’s next major ...

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components. Among Google’s November Android security updates ...