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So this exploit is not specific to Tesla but rather any Linux 2.6.36 (and maybe up) that uses the 88W8688 (and maybe others), which could be a pretty common com
by castratikron 7y ago
So this exploit is not specific to Tesla but rather any Linux 2.6.36 (and maybe up) that uses the 88W8688 (and maybe others), which could be a pretty common combination. And all that's required is an AP running the exploit, everything is automatic. Very impressive.
- cjbprime 7y agoDefinitely a common combination. The OLPC XO-1.5 was using this hardware 10+ years ago. It sounds like NX protections defeat the attack, and it looks like they went in soon after this kernel, around 2.6.38.
- jandrese 7y agoTo be fair, that is a 10 year old kernel at this point.
- jchw 7y agoQ: How come Teslas are running kernels from 2008?
- cjbprime 7y agoIt appears that: Tesla bought this all-in-one ARM board from Parrot, and Parrot gave them a 2.6.36 kernel with thousands of custom patches in, and Tesla's not in much of a position to port it to a newer kernel, and then Parrot presumably went on to building other stuff and ignored keeping this kernel up to date and now we're here. They (probably Parrot) might have updated it in the last year since the vulnerability was discovered though, it's hard to tell.
- NullPrefix 7y agoIf it's not in mainline kernel - it's abandonware.