Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by IshKebab on Saturday July 15, 2017 @03:32PM (#14778475)

I'd hope that it pushes Google to rearchitect Android so that updates can actually be installed by the vast majority of people. Before saying "but that's impossible, it's down to the OEMs!" consider:

1. Windows runs on many many PCs and it is trivial to keep updated, so it is possible without OEM cooperation.

2. Google actually have finally started this work, which proves that they can solve, or at least improve the situation. But the fact that they didn't start working on it until now shows how low a priority it is for them. That is what needs to change, and I would hope an automatic Wi-Fi worm would do it.

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Re:Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to ex... by bitmapbrother on Saturday July 15, 2017 @04:20PM (#14778718)

You realize that Google doesn't distribute OS binaries to OEM's, correct? So why are you using Windows as an example? Each OEM downloads the Android OS source, adds their modifications and builds their own OS. How is Google supposed to modify or update an OS not built by them?

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