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This isn't even in Broadcom code.

• 0x0 9y ago
  Maybe not this time, but they have a history of fatal firmware bugs that could compromise the host system - such as http://boosterok.com/blog/broadpwn2/ http://boosterok.com/blog/broadpwn2/
  • microcolonel 9y ago
    For what it's worth, Broadcom's market share in attractive heavy-firmware wifi adapters is pretty high. They could just be an exploit magnet.
    • ge0rg 9y ago
      Does that mean that all embedded WiFi (and probably also baseband) controllers are deeply rotten, and we only blame Broadcom so far because of their popularity with device manufacturers?
      • bsder 9y ago
        Pretty much. In general, you can assume that if you can't audit it, it's absolute crap. This is true for hardware and software.
  • senatorobama 9y ago
    These companies with widely available low level firmware should really switch to Rust.
    • ComputerGuru 9y ago
      I love rust and have rewritten a dozen cross-platform utilities in it, but rust is nowhere near usable for general purpose embedded development.
      • senatorobama 9y ago
        why??