Google's October Android
security bulletin fixes only 14 bugs, but a new Pixel / Nexus bulletin details dozens more bugs that Android partners can optionally fix.
Not exact matches
The dedicated
bulletin for Google's phones and tablets lists 46 additional
security fixes and two functional updates:
«This
bulletin has two
security patch levels so that Android partners have the flexibility to fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices more quickly,» reads an excerpt from a January 2nd, 2018 Android Security B
security patch levels so that Android partners have the flexibility to
fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices more quickly,» reads an excerpt from a January 2nd, 2018 Android
Security B
Security Bulletin.
Google kicked off the whole monthly
security bulletin practice to assure Android users, or at least owners of its Nexus and Pixel devices, that they will get timely and critical
security fixes before all hell breaks loose.
Both of these
security bulletins also inform us about hardware specific software
fixes with components from MediaTek, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm.
You can learn more about the
fixes in the Android
security bulletin and the Pixel / Nexus
security bulletin.
Google notes in its
bulletin that two
security patch level strings enable «Android partners with the flexibility to more quickly
fix a subset of vulnerabilities that are similar across all Android devices.»
The dedicated
bulletin for Google's phones and tablets lists 41
security fixes and 56 functional updates.
April is here and with that comes a new monthly
security bulletin from Google which brings
fixes and some functional changes to Android that will eventually make its way onto devices running the OS.
Google has yet to post a
security bulletin for this update, making it hard to find a centralized listing of what
fixes are on board for each patch level.