Tag
A new bootloader exploit for the original Meta Quest grants root access, allowing users to bypass Meta's restrictions and unlock features like 90 Hz refresh rate. Tinkerers are exploring further hardware modifications.
A tweet shares a free book called 539kernel that teaches building an entire operating system from the x86 boot sector at address 0x7C00, progressing from the first instruction to a working kernel.
ps5-linux-loader is a Linux payload that exploits hypervisor vulnerabilities on PS5 Phat and Slim consoles (firmware 3.00-7.61) to run a custom bootloader, enabling full Linux desktop usage with GPU acceleration, USB, Bluetooth, and M.2 SSD support.
A tweet recommending the OSDev community wiki, a comprehensive resource for writing an operating system from scratch, covering bootloaders, kernels, filesystems, and memory managers with real code examples.
This article details how researchers bypassed the firmware downgrade protection in the Tesla Wall Connector's bootloader, allowing installation of older firmware versions despite the security ratchet.