Weird PS5 Firmware update pushed by Sony, but also there’s some bigger hidden news here
Sony pushed a new Firmware revision a few hours ago, and this one has the scene a bit puzzled.
Yes, it’s your typical “improves system performance” update, and is officially labeled as 22.02-06.00.01 on PlayStation’s site, but PS5FwBot notes that this is labeled as 22.02.06.00.00 in some manifest files, looking like a reupload of an existing firmware, albeit actually a different file, so technically an update with some real changes, but with the wrong version number.
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Sony just re-uploaded update “22.02.06” even though that update already exists,
the update has the same version number as previous, however the actual PUP is differentsha1 was “da4d2f2525a5c2d0fa57bed7b374d8be85487891”
sha1 now
“92ba5231e8c74e62d1fa1e6a98ddc2f4b314e469”— PS5FwBot (@FwPs5) October 5, 2022
Well, Sony labels it as 22.02-06.00.01 (and that’s what shows up on the console after installing, so probably just an issue with the manifest file) so we’ll go with it, this is a minor update which fixes something that has yet to be understood.
Switch Hacker was actually a PS5 hacker all along!
Scene member and Nintendo Switch/3DS hacker Plutoo came back from the dead to state this patch “[fixes] a NULL deref in Sce.Vsh.ShellUI.CaptureMenu.dll.sprx”.
Wait. What? So here we’re learning that Plutoo is now involved in the PS5 scene somehow (which is really awesome), but also that he is able to decrypt/decompile/disassemble PS5 firmwares???
If you’re asking me, that’s the big news hidden in this update here. PS5 hackers probably have access to more than we imagine, and this could be great news for the future. You don’t want to update.
PS5 6.00.01 – Should I update?
As always, if your goal is to jailbreak your console, you should simply not update. The recent history of PlayStation hacking tells us so: people who keep their console up to date do not get the Jailbreaks.
This is demonstrated with the recent PS5 4.03 Kernel hack. People who bought a console early 2022 (or before that) and kept it at a lower firmware now have hopes to see significant technical breakthroughs on their model.
In an ideal world, you would have 2 consoles: one that you keep on a low firmware for a Jailbreak (or buy a low firmware one if you can find one), and one that you keep up to date in order to play your current gen games and access PlayStation online services. I know it’s easier said than done, but that’s how things are.
Source: via ps5fwbot
My playstation 5 is still on version 2.3, as I never really used it (I’m a pc gamer, I used the ps5 2-3 time when I bought it then forgot it on my shelf lol) is it worth updating to 4.03/4.5 or should I wait on 2.3?
My current opinion is as follows: there is nothing “useful” you can do as an end user on firmware 4.03 or 4.50 right now. Conversely, firmware 2.3 might have even more vulnerabilities that could be interesting in the future.
So:
– if you’re a skilled R/E engineer and think you can help hacking the console further, I would recommend updating to 4.03 and get started
– Otherwise, I would recommend staying on 2.3 for now, at least until something “significant” (from and end-user perspective) gets released on 4.03/4.50
Now you’re gonna tells me Dark_Alex is back
The GOAT of psp
Dark_Alex died and became Light_Alex, the person’s an angel now watching over us mere humans…
After he stopped, I stopped adjusting my firmware. *** still works perfectly but I’m going to need a battery mod eventually.
After update it shows 22.02-06.00.01.42-00.00.00.0.1. Before update it was without the “42”. European version.
This reminds me of the PS3 era, when they released the two PUPs from version 3.56 to cover up the hard drive swap error.
sent all kernal explot at email. Very happy
Doesn’t Sony ban your devices / accounts for using their jailbroken products?
The way Jailbreaks are released nowadays, you always need to be a on low firmware to enable the jailbreak. That implies not being able to access Sony’s services in the first place. They could still technically ban you for running a Jailbreak, but in practice you already “banned” your device by accepting to be on a lower firmware.