Samsung Galaxy Note II, S III security flaw found

A security loophole in Samsung devices running on the Exynos 4 System on Chip (SoC) has been found. This flaw is in the kernel and hands over the access of the physical memory of the phone to any user and opens it up to malware.

A developer who goes by the name Alephzain on the forum XDA-developers came across a flaw in his Samsung Galaxy S III while trying to root it. He posted, "The good news is we can easily obtain root on these devices and the bad is there is no control over it."
The devices that can be compromised by this loophole include Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S II, Meizu MX and all others with Exynos 4210 and 4412 chipset with Samsung kernel sources, says Alephzain.

However, another XDA developer has already found a fix to the problem, though it will render the phone's camera useless. The developer, Chainfire, has released an application called ExynosAbuse, which will boot before all others, including any malicious apps, and stop them from executing when the phone is turned on.