The PS5 Kernel exploit (webkit version) just got an update. This fixes bugs and could significantly improve stability for some payloads loaded through the exploit.

PS5 Kernel exploit – The latest status

Multiple hackers have been looking into pushing the PS5 Kernel exploit one step further, with some of them working on the BD-JB (Blu-Ray) implementation, others on the Webkit implementation (these are two usermode entry points that ultimately leverage the same kernel exploit for privilege escalation).

PS5 Scene developer John Tornblom, while porting some of the code from the webkit version to the Blu-Ray version, has noticed a couple of bugs in the original code. One of them in particular could have led to nasty (and difficult to debug) situations, in the case of a payload/elf file requiring multiple global variables.

He also used the opportunity to rename a variable in some nested loop, as a precaution to avoid issues related to shadow variables.

The first bugfix is definitely critical, although not game-changing for anyone who’s been expecting additional breakthroughs in PS5 hackings so far. What we can do with a hacked PS5 today remains limited, but this is not why this update matters: the important point here is that multiple hackers are actively looking into the exploit. Between what they’re sharing publicly, and what stays under wraps, I have good hopes that we could see some major progress for PS5 hacks, in the months to come.

Download and run the PS5 Kernel exploit

• You can follow our tutorial to set up the PS5 Kernel exploit. It includes a link to the latest and greatest update
• Alternatively if you already have the exploit up and running and just want to update it, you can grab the files on the project’s github.
• Last but not least, if you are instead using the exploit from some public host, no doubt that they will be updating their files in the days to come, and you have nothing to do (we do recommend that you try to host and setup the exploit yourself though, if only to get some level of knowledge of how the whole thing works)