Nintendo Switch V2 Softmod _top_ 🆕

These launch consoles had a hardware flaw in the Nvidia Tegra X1 chip (specifically the USB recovery mode boot ROM). This flaw allowed anyone to enter "RCM" (Recovery Mode) and send a crafted payload via USB. This was an unpatchable hardware flaw .

The V1 exploit works because the Boot ROM code contained a USB control transfer vulnerability. When the Switch enters RCM, it copies the USB payload without checking the length. The V2 Mariko processor (T214) has a —this exact bug was fixed internally by NVIDIA before the chip was manufactured for Nintendo. nintendo switch v2 softmod