- Mar 13, 2022
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Google has released the second part of the May security patch for Android, including a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22600, is a privilege escalation bug in the Linux kernel that threat actors can exploit via local access. As Android uses a modified Linux kernel, the vulnerability also affects the operating system.

Google fixes actively exploited Android kernel vulnerability
Google has released the second part of the May security patch for Android, including a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability.