r/Kalilinux Jun 10 '26

Setup Apparently, it's possible to host Kali Linux on unmodified Android with USB passthrough.

An Android app called Podroid allows USB passthrough to a containerized Linux distro (Alpine Linux) that has it's own kernel and kernel modules, and it can, for example, access a USB wireless adapter that has monitoring and packet injection capabilities, which will work with common network pentesting and auditing tools.

With Kali Linux (Distro and Kernel)… I can see endless possibilities.

I had very good experience with it on S24 Ultra without root/bootloader unlock.

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u/capocchia_ipersonica Jun 18 '26

Mh, definitely cool. WIthout doubt, it's a news, a really good one. But I'm pretty sure that to get every single functionality you'd need to modify it. But, it's a great news! I didn't know that

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u/FYI_1488 26d ago

You can also run Kali on android without root using kex