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Researchers uncover critical vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Adreno GPU

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Google researchers have uncovered over nine vulnerabilities in Qualcomm 's Adreno GPU , an integrated graphics processing unit in Snapdragon processors.

Due to the GPU having kernel privileges, the security flaws pose significant risks since they could allow attackers to gain full control of a device.

Qualcomm has already patched the holes Google found, but users should not become complacent.