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PSP Firmware Exploit

Posted by: Jonathan M, 07:28 AEST, Thu June 29, 2006

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Copyright, Other, PSP

Once implemented and fine tuned for "normal user" use, this will bring 2.50 and 2.60 Firmware up to the same homebrew capability that 1.50 PSP owners enjoy with FULL kernel mode access

The exploit takes advantage of an added security check in 2.50/2.60 Firmware for sceKernelLoadExec, which is responsible for loading EBOOTs, but Sony also accidentally added an overflow bug, which means this exploit will not work with 2.0 and 2.01 Firmware. More...

Credit: QJ.NET