I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. - Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) March 6, 2026

This Linux mod was possible thanks to an exploit TheFlow had discovered that involved the PS5’s hypervisor, a key piece of the console’s anti-piracy and anti-tampering security software. TheFlow didn’t want to share the updated Linux mod and this important exploit until after the release of GTA 6. That game’s digital-only release means that players will have to buy it using the PSN store, and to do that, you need to be on the most recent firmware from Sony. And once Sony learned about the exploit, TheFlow and others in the community knew it would be patched out via a new firmware update ASAP. So, to let people still buy and enjoy GTA 6 and also use the Linux PS5 hack, TheFlow was reportedly waiting and working on the mod, with a 2027 release likely planned.

However, on September 15, a different PS5 hacker named Jordy shared the same hypervisor exploit TheFlow was working on with Sony via HackerOne, a site that companies use to pay people who discover hacks and other exploits and share them privately with those companies. According to Jordy, who uses AI tools to help him mod and hack, TheFlow didn’t share the hypervisor exploit with him. Instead, Jordy claimed he had independently found it using his “trusty AI clanker machine,” and had been asked by TheFlow to not disclose it until after GTA 6‘s release.