January 2018 Security Patch Update

[Almeuit]

https://www.androidcentral.com/january-2018-security-patches-nexus-and-pixel-have-arrived

It looks like they're out. You can sideload them yourself now or wait for the OTA which will start soon.

I will sideload when I get home tonight .



Update

https://www.androidcentral.com/android-security-bulletin

Highlights for January 2018

January 2018's update comes with two patch dates: 01/01/2018, and 01/05/2018.

• • January 2018's most severe vulnerability addressed is a patch for the Android runtime that could let an attacker gain access to certain OS features without user interaction
• • Vulnerabilities that allowed code execution through the Media Framework were patched, like every month.
• • A vulnerability specific to the LG bootloader that allowed elevated privileges was patched. Life's Good, once again.
• • A vulnerability specific to the NVIDIA driver that allowed elevated privileges was found and fixed
• • Qualcomm provided a handful of closed-source fixes in addition to patches for the display driver and bootloader
  
  If you get an update with a patch date of 01/05/2018, you also have every issue addressed by the 01/01/2018 update in place.

 

[PowrDroid]

https://www.androidcentral.com/january-2018-security-patches-nexus-and-pixel-have-arrived

It looks like they're out. You can sideload them yourself now or wait for the OTA which will start soon.

I will sideload when I get home tonight .

What's in the update?

 

[Almeuit]

What's in the update?

https://www.androidcentral.com/android-security-bulletin

Highlights for January 2018

January 2018's update comes with two patch dates: 01/01/2018, and 01/05/2018.

• • January 2018's most severe vulnerability addressed is a patch for the Android runtime that could let an attacker gain access to certain OS features without user interaction
• • Vulnerabilities that allowed code execution through the Media Framework were patched, like every month.
• • A vulnerability specific to the LG bootloader that allowed elevated privileges was patched. Life's Good, once again.
• • A vulnerability specific to the NVIDIA driver that allowed elevated privileges was found and fixed
• • Qualcomm provided a handful of closed-source fixes in addition to patches for the display driver and bootloader
  
  If you get an update with a patch date of 01/05/2018, you also have every issue addressed by the 01/01/2018 update in place.

I will add the above to the OP .

 

[anon(661246)]

Looks like no software fixes. I just uploaded and the FP sensor is still slow

 

[Ca_lvn]

Thanks sideloaded will report back.
Was going to post a screenshot now I'm unable this is new

 

[Ca_lvn]

Looks like no software fixes. I just uploaded and the FP sensor is still slow

Regular Pixel 2 FP sensor has always worked flawlessly and fast with the latest updates

 

[Sean Rubin]

Still waiting for mine to come in OTA for the Pixel 2 XL.

 

[anon(10274434)]

https://www.androidcentral.com/january-2018-security-patches-nexus-and-pixel-have-arrived

It looks like they're out. You can sideload them yourself now or wait for the OTA which will start soon.

I will sideload when I get home tonight .

Update

D/Ling now - nothing like a good sideload to embellish an evening -

 

[Almeuit]

D/Ling now - nothing like a good sideload to embellish an evening -

Haha. I won't be going home for another hour or so... then I will be doing it ^_^.

 

[Ca_lvn]

This update killed my Cricket APN had to reset it again.

Mods any thoughts on why after the January update sideloaded I can no longer upload pics(screen shots) here? Never had that issue before, when trying to upload it says failed to upload jpeg has incorrect file extension?

 

[paradroid]

Best to just wait for the normal download.

 

[anon(10092459)]

Might want to wait on the OTA on this one .. Some people reporting lag on the sideload

https://9to5google.com/2018/01/02/psa-google-pixel-2-users-lag-sideload-jan-sec-update-fix/

 

[Ca_lvn]

Might want to wait on the OTA on this one .. Some people reporting lag on the sideload

https://9to5google.com/2018/01/02/psa-google-pixel-2-users-lag-sideload-jan-sec-update-fix/

Was lagging until I restarted twice seems ok now

 

[anon(10092459)]

Was lagging until I restarted twice seems ok now

That's good to hear! Not the lag, but that it cleared up...

 

[Ca_lvn]

I just figured out if you go into settings about phone and click on security patch level it takes you to this page pretty cool

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/

 

[Armeniandave]

Mine was a little laggy until I rebooted it a second time. Seems perfectly Snappy now, no issues.

 

[dwboston]

Same here. 2nd reboot cleared the lag up.

 

[anon(5630457)]

How long until it usually goes OTA?

 

[Almeuit]

How long until it usually goes OTA?

Usually a day or two after the announcement of the images.

 

[bhatech]

How long until it usually goes OTA?

I have seen people waiting here sometime week or two as well. Google generally rolls the OTA pretty slow, it takes sometime before the staggered OTA reaches everyone.