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Taking systems apart.
Writing it down.

Security research, CTF writeups, and things learned along the way. From the first question to the last byte.

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Android research·03 Sept 2026·15 min read

Rooting a locked Google Pixel: porting a kernel exploit

Porting CVE-2026-43499 to a bootloader-locked Pixel 7: kernel reconnaissance without root, device-specific offsets, race-condition debugging, and the limits of temporary root.

Android research·28 Jun 2025·7 min read

From an Android OTA package to kernel symbols and root

Recovering a legacy Android kernel's symbol table from an OTA image, restoring symbols in IDA, and adapting three privilege-escalation exploits.

Android Kernel Reverse engineering

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Taking systems apart.Writing it down.

The writeups 02

Rooting a locked Google Pixel: porting a kernel exploit

From an Android OTA package to kernel symbols and root

Nothing in the notebook yet.

Taking systems apart.
Writing it down.