Hacking TrustZoneHax on 3.x and below

[Lia]

From the ReSwitched Discord:

Hey all, bit of a big announcement...I stayed up all night to do it, but I literally just got EL3 code execution on 2.x. Trustzonehax lives!

Oh, @here relatedly, 2.x trustzone pwn works on 3.x without any changes required to it.

Coming from SciresM, the leader of the ReSwitched Hacking Team, it seems that on versions 1.x to 3.x will be compatible with TrustZoneHax.

What does this mean?

If you wondering what "TrustZoneHax" is, it's one of the last layers of security on the Switch. Once we have access to the TrustZone, we have full control of all the system's hardware. Users on versions 3.x and below will be able to enjoy TrustZoneHax once a CFW has been written for the Nintendo Switch.

How is this different from KernelHax?

While KernelHax does give us control over a lot of Switch Hardware, TrustZoneHax gives us more, including "access to the HW crypto engine, with its already set keyslots and whatnot." (stuckpixel)

When will this be released?

It will be released when a CFW is available with it.

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Source: ReSwitched Discord
Update: TrustZoneHax is compatible with 3.x

 

[ehnoah]

He try 3.0 now

 

[DinohScene]

Pure talent at work.

All I have to say about it at this moment.

 

[leonmagnus99]

wow this is cool.

so 2.x is similar to 1.x when it comes to the good stuff 'hax' is that not so ?

glad mine is still at 2.3
so just like 1.x /2.x users might get CFW.

neat.

 

[fisher6]

Long live my second 2.3 Switch. I knew this was gonna happen.

 

[linuxares]

@SciresM what darkmagic are you guys using?!

One of my Switches got 2.3 :3

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[SciresM]

@SciresM what darkmagic are you guys using?!

Sleep deprivation, mostly.

 

[linuxares]

Sleep deprivation, mostly.

Ah! The answer to most IT related solutions.

 

[South Cape]

This is amazing. The man is brilliant and I applaude all his hard work.


Edited cause relevancy.

 

[linuxares]

One half of me: This is amazing. The man is brilliant and I applaude all his hard work.

Other half of me: Why the fuck did I use Pokken to update from 2.2.0.

Because Rohan was the big thing and I myself thought "why update? No dev have told me to do it yet plus there is no homebrew out". some think that.

 

[Toupoux]

Sleep deprivation, mostly.

Just thank you for your hard work sir, from the bottom of my heart

 

[SwitchNOW]

Sleep deprivation, mostly.

Sleep today, and try tomorrow on 3.0

 

[peteruk]

Sleep deprivation, mostly.

Congrats on the great work as always

Do you think it will be possible for 3.0 ? Is this something you will be looking into ?

 

[gameboy]

i saw nwplayer123 is trying to do something with switch too

 

[lordelan]

Now I feel sick for updating my newly bought 2.3.0 Switch to 3.0.0 before Christmas as everyone here was telling me that it's the "golden firmware" for now.

 

[AyanamiRei0]

The power for magnets people.

 

[8BitWonder]

Amazing work as always @SciresM! The amount of progress you and the rest of the teams have accomplished in under a year is really something else!

 

[linuxares]

Can I ask a honest question @SciresM ?
Should we all just ignore TX hardware solution if we are 1.X to 2.X at the moment?

 

[nickerous]

Wow...so glad I held off updating my 2.2 switch.

 

[Nah3DS]

This is awesome! My 2.2.0 Switch is happy