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iOS 18 Speculation Thread

gwhizkids said:
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Pearsey said:
I wonder what caused the need for two RCs and a different official release build number change?
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I already said the Darwin Kernel versions changed going from the RC -> RC2 -> Public release.

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher
 
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Realityck said:
I already said the Darwin Kernel versions changed going from the RC -> RC2 -> Public release.

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL

Kernel​

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher
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Well…yes. But that begs the question why.

For RC2, I suspect a zero day (as I think you agree). We’ll find out about that in a few months when they tell us (like they did the other day for an earlier vulnerability).

For the release day one build increment? Who knows.
 
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Any last minute predictions about the features or changes iOS 18.3 will bring? I’m thinking possibly a few new Siri Shortcut actions, new Control Center controls, perhaps some new options in the new “Default Apps” section, and I don’t know how likely it is, but I’m really hoping for improved AirPlay Receiver that allows me to mirror my iPhone’s display on my iPad. Meta AI gave this an 8 out of 10 chance of being included in a future iOS 18 update based on Apple’s focus on AirPlay improvements and screen mirroring features like the FaceTime screen control feature and macOS’s iPhone Mirroring feature. We’ll see if Meta AI is right on this prediction. Of course, AI has been inaccurate on actual known data, so I don’t expect too much. But still I’m hopeful. It wouldn’t make any sense at all to me if here Apple allows me to mirror and control someone else’s iPhone via FaceTime, yet doesn’t allow me to simply mirror the display on my own iPhone! I really really hope this is improved in 18. Or at least 19… We’ll see what iOS 18.3 offers, hopefully soon! 👍🏻
 
gwhizkids said:
Well…yes. But that begs the question why.

For RC2, I suspect a zero day (as I think you agree). We’ll find out about that in a few months when they tell us (like they did the other day for an earlier vulnerability).

For the release day one build increment? Who knows.
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I suspected because the Darwin versions on the last 2 were less then a week old that it was like they deployed the kernel used with 18.3 testing as a possibility because of something wrong security wise with the beta 4 and RC. It could be AI based language support centric that was broken in 18.2, so they could provide future patches to readily enable non-English languages support out of the blue instead of everyone’s has to wait till 18.3 is completed is a another thought. Another possibility going with 18.3 is something like Siri being set up to expand upon before 18.4 with same kernels. So is it a feature surprise or security, time will tell. ;)
 
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