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Cryptogenic
PS5-IPV6-Kernel-Exploit
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Cryptogenic / PS5-IPV6-Kernel-Exploit

PS5-IPV6-Kernel-Exploit

An experimental webkit-based kernel exploit (Arb. R/W) for the PS5 on <= 4.51FW

4Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
934GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

An experimental webkit-based kernel exploit (Arb. R/W) for the PS5 on <= 4.51FW

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-10-03 10:12:15 UTC to 2022-10-03 22:00:28 UTC.

0122022-10-03 10:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsOct 3, 10:002022-10-03 11:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 12:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 13:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 14:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 15:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 16:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 16:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 17:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 3, 16:002022-10-03 17:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 19:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 20:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 20:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 21:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 22:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 3, 22:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Oct 3, 10:002022-10-03 10:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 11:00:00 UTC202
Oct 3, 11:002022-10-03 11:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 12:002022-10-03 12:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 13:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 13:002022-10-03 13:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 14:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 14:002022-10-03 14:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 15:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 15:002022-10-03 15:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 16:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 16:002022-10-03 16:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 17:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 17:002022-10-03 17:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 18:002022-10-03 18:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 19:00:00 UTC110
Oct 3, 19:002022-10-03 19:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 20:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 20:002022-10-03 20:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 21:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 21:002022-10-03 21:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 22:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 22:002022-10-03 22:00:00 UTC2022-10-03 23:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
It's a use-after-free in FontFaceCache (https://wololo.net/2021/10/14/use-after-free-webkit-vulnerab... and https://github.com/Cryptogenic/PS5-4.03-Kernel-Exploit/blob/...), not a JIT bug. Funnily enough, I think the CVE they're saying it is is wrong? The link to the project zero itw tracking page is for CVE-2021-30858 which is an IndexDB UAF, which is a completely seperate bug; the MITRE tracking page for CVE-2021-30858 just has the boilerplate "a malicious page can cause an exploit" from Apple, and doesn't say if it's for the IndexDB or FontFaceCache bug, so I think the Jailbreak people are just confused on this one.
In The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken
> "This exploit achieves read/write, but not code execution. This is because we cannot currently dump kernel code for gadgets, as kernel .text pages are marked as eXecute Only Memory (XOM). Attempting to read kernel .text pointers will panic! > As per the above + the hypervisor (HV) enforcing kernel write protection, this exploit also cannot install any patches or hooks into kernel space, which means no homebrew-related code for the time being." [1] So yeah, it's not a full jailbreak yet. [1] https://github.com/Cryptogenic/PS5-4.03-Kernel-Exploit
In The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken

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