Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked in 48 Hours — But Here’s Why It’s Just the Beginning
simple@piefed.social 6 days ago
Let’s get one thing straight: the Switch 2 isn’t fully jailbroken.
Buchanan achieved what’s called a userland ROP chain. That means he gained limited code execution within a non-privileged process — not full system control.
For anyone who got excited like I was..
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
It’s still exciting. If you can run arbitrary code, you can probe the system for vulnerabilities.
simple@piefed.social 6 days ago
It's a step but we're still probably a long ways off from bypassing the tamper protection
PS happy cake day
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Yeah, who knows. But it’s the first step toward a larger exploit.
Huh, I forgot cake days were a thing. Thanks!