Google released Android security patches in April – Computerworld

Google releases new security patches for Android once a month. It was later implemented by Android device manufacturers on their devices.

The new security update is dated April 1, 2022 It was already released on the first devices. I’m talking about smartphones from the Google Pixel family and several flagship models from Samsung.

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In April 2022, Google introduced two security patches Dated April 1, 2022 with security modifications and April 5, 2022, which will be delivered to select tablets and smartphones.

Unfortunately, Google does not take pride in fixing vulnerabilities in Dirty Pipe. It has already been used to get temporary root access on Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 6 smartphones.

The official changelog shows that the CVE-2021-34866 vulnerability that allowed applications to elevate privilege to execute arbitrary code on certain versions of the Android-enabled Linux kernel has been patched..

Android security patches are not directly related to the OS version. Manufacturers can implement the April security patches on devices running Android 12L and earlier software versions.