Google Quashes New Android Kernel Exploit with Urgent Patch

Google recently released a patch to address a high-severity Android kernel
security vulnerability allegedly exploited in attacks in the wild.

Highly Severe Android Kernel Flaw Discovered
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-36971
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36971], with a CVSS score of 7.8 and
classified as highly severe, is a remote code execution vulnerability impacting
the kernel.

It occurred when the system incorrectly handled clearing certain data caches,
potentially leading to a