KFD

Tihmstar’s libpatchfinder project finds iOS 16 offsets as kfd project permits kernel read/write up to iOS 16.5

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 26, 2023

Over the weekend, we told you about an ambitious project called kernel file descriptor (or kfd for short) that would help jailbreak developers achieve kernel read and write privileges on firmware up to and including iOS & iPadOS 16.5.

New ‘kfd’ project grants read & write to iPhone kernel memory, renews hope for iOS 16 jailbreak if PPL bypass gets released

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated July 28, 2023

The latest development in iPhone and iPad security research this week saw @_p0up0u_ Tweeting a link to a GitHub project for achieving read and write to kernel memory on Apple devices called kernel file descriptor (or kfd for short).