System Flaws are used to execute unofficial code (homebrew) on the Nintendo Switch. This page is a list of known and public Switch System Flaws.
List of Switch System Flaws
Hardware
Summary | Description | Fixed with hardware model/revision | Newest hardware model/revision this flaw was checked for | Timeframe this was discovered | Discovered by |
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No public hardware exploits |
System software
Kernel
Summary | Description | Successful exploitation result | Fixed in system version | Last system version this flaw was checked for | Timeframe this was discovered | Public disclosure timeframe | Discovered by |
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No public Kernel exploits |
TrustZone
Summary | Description | Successful exploitation result | Fixed in system version | Last system version this flaw was checked for | Timeframe this was discovered | Public disclosure timeframe | Discovered by |
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No public ARM TrustZone exploits |
System Modules
Summary | Description | Successful exploitation result | Fixed in system version | Last system version this flaw was checked for | Timeframe this was discovered | Public disclosure timeframe | Discovered by |
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OOB Read in NS system module (pl:utoohax, pl:utonium, maybe other names) | Prior to 3.0.0, pl:u (Shared Font services implemented in the NS sysmodule) service commands 1,2,3 took in a signed 32-bit index and returned that index of an array but did not check that index at all. This allowed for an arbitrary read within a 34-bit range (33-bit signed) from NS .bss. In 3.0.0, sending out of range indexes causes error code 0x60A to be returned. | Dumping full NS .text, .rodata and .data, infoleak, etc | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0 | April 2017 | On exploit's fix in 3.0.0 | qlutoo, Reswitched team (independently) |
Unchecked domain ID in common IPC code | Prior to 2.0.0, object IDs in domain messages are not bounds checked. This out-of-bounds read could be exploited to brute-force ASLR and get PC control in some services that support domain messages. | 2.0.0 |