Another Qualcomm kernel buffer overflow not included in the August security update: https://www.codeaurora.org/buffer-overflow-vulnerability-wcnsswlanwrite-cve-2016-5342 …. Including this for 5X/6P too.
I may pull kernel patches from you even if I don't end up using @CopperheadOS directly. :-)
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There are still many of the upstream security fixes missing. The http://kernel.org 3.10 stable is missing a lot itself.
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Anyway, the best thing that can be hoped for is that the new devices are on 4.4 rather than 3.18 or 4.1. It'll still be frozen.
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How big are the obstacles to using a mainline (4.7 or soon 4.8) kernel? Essential drivers hard to forward-port?
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It's unrealistic to use mainline with Qualcomm devices. It's only feasible with NVIDIA Tegra and it would be a huge effort.
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Unless you want to boot a serial console without support for the radio or other peripherals, it's a lot more than few drivers.
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Using mainline would be huge for various reasons. For example, It would allow for simply using the official grsecurity patches.
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It's totally out-of-scope for what a few developers are able to accomplish though. It needs all of the features and stability.
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Totally out-of-scope for what you can do, but totally in-scope for what somebody would want to fund, no? :-)
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