GitHub - FreeXR/eureka_panther-adreno-gpu-exploit-1: Our first exploit: a memory corruption vulnerability in the Adreno GPU driver for Eureka/Panther (3/3s) devices, enabling arbitrary kernel memory read/write and privilege escalation.
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Our first exploit: a memory corruption vulnerability in the Adreno GPU driver for Eureka/Panther (3/3s) devices, enabling arbitrary kernel memory read/write and privilege escalation. - FreeXR/eurek...

Meta XR headsets are very cheap for the performance they give. Unfortunately they require a Meta account and one can assume as much data as legally possibly is sent back to the advertising company.

For years now, since the Quest 1, those Android devices have not been rooted except for some specific version number of the Quest 2.

This recent work https://github.com/FreeXR/eureka_panther-adreno-gpu-exploit-1 makes the latest headset with a rather recent update (but NOT the very last ones, so be cautious!) rootable.

  • LedgeDrop@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Thank you for finding that.

    I got lucky, I bought a quest around July/August and needed to do the mandatory/initial OS install.

    I ended up with v78 (August 3, 2025) release.

    I didn’t realize there was a WiP announced in July 2025.