Earlier, security researchers suggested it could be some two to three Android devices affected by the leak. Android uses Linux code base for the mobile operating system.
According to Ludwig calculating the researchers wrong. Nexus devices from Google are not affected, and all other devices with Android version 5.0 and above also do not suffer from the defect, he writes on Google +.
Devices with Android version 4.4 and earlier in some cases are still vulnerable, but many devices with older Android versions do not run on the Linux version that was affected by the leak, Ludwig says.
Google on Thursday released a patch for the vulnerability available to manufacturers of Android devices. However, it is unclear how many manufacturers will still take the trouble to provide smartphones and tablets with older Android versions of this update. Google can not perform updates itself on Android devices, except on its own Nexus devices
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