Samsung pushed October 2022 security update for Galaxy A52s in India and Germany

Samsung’s October 2022 security update has reached various Galaxy devices, and it’s now released for the Galaxy A52s. The update rollout is initially happening for the Galaxy A52s owners in Germany, and the company will expand its availability to more markets gradually.

The Galaxy A52s users are recommended to download and install the October 2022 security update as soon as it arrives on their smartphone. The latest security patches are crucial for Android and Galaxy devices as the package brings fixes for various critical and high levels of CVEs.

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For the Android operating system, the October 2022 update includes patches for different kinds of vulnerabilities and exposures – 1 critical, 29 high, and 2 moderate levels. Meanwhile, some of the CVE items are not applicable on Galaxy devices and Samsung fixed some of them in previous updates.

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Aside from fixes to Android OS, the South Korean tech giant discovered and provided additional threat fixes, called SVE (Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures) items in order to give an additional safeguard to the Galaxy devices. Some of the main SVE items are listed below:

1. SVE-2022-1782z): Improper access control vulnerability in imsservice application
2. SVE-2022-1655: Improper access control vulnerability in FACM application
3. SVE-2022-1406: Improper access control in knox_vpn_policy and mum_container_policy services
4. SVE-2022-1253: Use after free vulnerability in set_nft_pid and signal_handler function of NFC driver
5. SVE-2022-1212: Leak of MAC address of connected Bluetooth device in MouseNKeyHidDevice

Google brings fixes for critical bugs and viruses with the October 2022 security patch, while Samsung makes it even more impactful before it arrives on Galaxy devices. The update’s changelog mentions security improvements and functional enhancements, while no optimization or new feature is noted.

If you have the Galaxy A52s in Germany, right now, you can get access to the October 2022 update and install it. To do so, open your phone’s system Settings, scroll down and tap Software update, once done, you will see an option entitled Download and install, hit the button and it’s done!

Galaxy A52s October 2022 security update rollouts:

October 12: The Galaxy A52s users in India confirmed that Samsung pushed the new October 2022 security patch via a new firmware update. The version number of this OTA is CVI6, and the changelog contains regular security enhancements and some unknown bug fixes.