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Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users

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208 points mohi-kalantari | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ptx ◴[08 Dec 25 19:55 UTC] No.46196795[source]▶
Never mind the December security patches, Samsung haven't even released the November patches yet, the ones for the critical severity RCE. Unless you have a "major flagship model" [1], because apparently only the richest users deserve to be secure.

[1] https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

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JohnTHaller ◴[08 Dec 25 20:29 UTC] No.46197211[source]▶
Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are still stuck on the October patches.
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gucci-on-fleek ◴[09 Dec 25 04:54 UTC] No.46201363[source]▶
The December updates for Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are available to manually download on Google's website [0], so the updates do exist, although Google might not be rolling them out to the general public quite yet. But the December update for Pixel 7a are completely missing from that website, and trying to update from the Settings app also shows no updates available.

[0]: https://developers.google.com/android/ota

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1. JohnTHaller ◴[10 Dec 25 17:36 UTC] No.46220729[source]▶
The 7a got a November update while the 7 and 7 Pro did not. Perhaps that's related to the delay.