(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This Just in, developer Cturt (@Cturte) confirmed on twitter that he has a Kernel exploit working for the PS4. He also hints that he’s not the only one who’s been working on this (as is often the case on these things)


Although no proof has been given at this point, CTurt is a trusted source of information on this, as he has released lots of his work on the 1.76 Webkit exploit already: the PS4 Playground tools and PS4 SDK come to mind.

There are not much details on the vulnerabilities used at this point, but it is fair to assume the exploit relies on the 1.76 webkit exploit as the launch vector. As such, although that Kernel exploit might be available on later PS4 firmwares (and, we might dream, up to the latest firmware), it is probably only going to be useful for the handful of people who have stayed on 1.76.

So, there are a few ways this could play:

CTurt and the people who worked on the kernel exploit publish a few proof videos, but keep the exploit to themselves, at least for now, until more significant progress is made on the exploit
The exploit is confirmed patched on recent firmwares, in which case they can freely publish it for people who want to investigate more (but this means it will not be useful for “normal” people, until people use this kernel exploit to learn more about the PS4 internals)
Somebody leaks the information, the exploit is patched before it becomes useful
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It is also a bit early at this point to understand what Kernel access truly means here, and if it’s a “full” PS4 Jailbreak. I can picture clueless gamers already calling out piracy as a dangerous conclusion of this game, but kernel access does not necessarily mean that hackers have found a way (or intend to) break the applications and games encryption. It probably means, however, better access to the console hardware and ways to run unsigned code (think homebrews and emulators at this point).

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You obviously have not been involved in basic exploiting on a big scale while collaborating with others; let alone doing it alone. The first thing people do when an exploit is found is normally keep it private and not release it. I would not be surprised if a Kernel or the PS4's NAND/NOR flash was exploited the first week of the PS4's release. Just not announced publicly.

Not everything has to be said to the public in order for you to make a self-educated judgement.

I have exploited stuff, I did my ps3, but what im saying is that as of right now no one has released anything. Yes there might be a jailbreak in the near or late future but its most likely not going to allow you to run backups games its going to be a hardware exploit to access the debug menu and stuff.

now you changed your mind lool

I think the same , maybe some hackers who found exploits got paid by Sony to keep their mouth shut and show them the exploit to be patched in next firmware update .
Hackers are people too , they would prefer getting a nice amount of money for an exploit that they found , instead of getting sued by company and some thanks from a bunch of kids who wants free games and shite hacks ...

If only GEOHOT was still on our side

GeoHot did nothing really apart from release the keys :/

Still I wonder what could come from this I am glad to have a PS4 still from launch day wrapped up

I hope this could be the start of a new era of homebrew. I hope that modding does not come straight away and it just allows homebrew to be run eventually but I no that backups and modding will come around it always does.



It has already been patched in later FW's so it really is only useful for those of use with a PS4 on 1.76 or below.

However that does not mean that people cannot find a way to exploit the future FW's by poking around inside of everything the PS4 offers.

Again only time will tell.

For all the people out their saying their won't be a jailbreak are lying their is a jailbreak but nobody is going to release it until they have a fully good cfw for it

Don't expect any jailbreak any time soon, I am just excited to decrypt the save data and resign them.

Why doesnt he just release how to jailbreak super slims too. Its getting harder to find models that even run good enough to jailbreak and sell