diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 2e2cae692c9f6..399c1df7e8ece 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -9443,13 +9443,15 @@ package android.content.pm {
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_DEVELOPMENT = 32; // 0x20
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_INSTALLER = 256; // 0x100
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PRE23 = 128; // 0x80
-    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM = 16; // 0x10
+    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PREINSTALLED = 1024; // 0x400
+    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED = 16; // 0x10
+    field public static final deprecated int PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM = 16; // 0x10
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_VERIFIER = 512; // 0x200
     field public static final int PROTECTION_MASK_BASE = 15; // 0xf
     field public static final int PROTECTION_MASK_FLAGS = 4080; // 0xff0
     field public static final int PROTECTION_NORMAL = 0; // 0x0
     field public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE = 2; // 0x2
-    field public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM = 3; // 0x3
+    field public static final deprecated int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM = 3; // 0x3
     field public int descriptionRes;
     field public int flags;
     field public java.lang.String group;
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index e84ad3d21eb89..e64567cd18cf1 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -9778,13 +9778,15 @@ package android.content.pm {
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_DEVELOPMENT = 32; // 0x20
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_INSTALLER = 256; // 0x100
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PRE23 = 128; // 0x80
-    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM = 16; // 0x10
+    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PREINSTALLED = 1024; // 0x400
+    field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED = 16; // 0x10
+    field public static final deprecated int PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM = 16; // 0x10
     field public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_VERIFIER = 512; // 0x200
     field public static final int PROTECTION_MASK_BASE = 15; // 0xf
     field public static final int PROTECTION_MASK_FLAGS = 4080; // 0xff0
     field public static final int PROTECTION_NORMAL = 0; // 0x0
     field public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE = 2; // 0x2
-    field public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM = 3; // 0x3
+    field public static final deprecated int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM = 3; // 0x3
     field public int descriptionRes;
     field public int flags;
     field public java.lang.String group;
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PermissionInfo.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PermissionInfo.java
index 1857ecfa53bb7..2828d83bcdae0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PermissionInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PermissionInfo.java
@@ -48,17 +48,25 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends PackageItemInfo implements Parcelable {
     public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE = 2;
 
     /**
-     * System-level value for {@link #protectionLevel}, corresponding
-     * to the <code>signatureOrSystem</code> value of
-     * {@link android.R.attr#protectionLevel}.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #PROTECTION_SIGNATURE}|{@link #PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED}
+     * instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static final int PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM = 3;
 
     /**
      * Additional flag for {@link #protectionLevel}, corresponding
-     * to the <code>system</code> value of
+     * to the <code>privileged</code> value of
      * {@link android.R.attr#protectionLevel}.
      */
+    public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED = 0x10;
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Old name for {@link #PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED}, which
+     * is now very confusing because it only applies to privileged apps, not all
+     * apps on the system image.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM = 0x10;
 
     /**
@@ -96,6 +104,13 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends PackageItemInfo implements Parcelable {
      */
     public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_VERIFIER = 0x200;
 
+    /**
+     * Additional flag for {@link #protectionLevel}, corresponding
+     * to the <code>preinstalled</code> value of
+     * {@link android.R.attr#protectionLevel}.
+     */
+    public static final int PROTECTION_FLAG_PREINSTALLED = 0x400;
+
     /**
      * Mask for {@link #protectionLevel}: the basic protection type.
      */
@@ -161,7 +176,7 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends PackageItemInfo implements Parcelable {
     /** @hide */
     public static int fixProtectionLevel(int level) {
         if (level == PROTECTION_SIGNATURE_OR_SYSTEM) {
-            level = PROTECTION_SIGNATURE | PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM;
+            level = PROTECTION_SIGNATURE | PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED;
         }
         return level;
     }
@@ -183,8 +198,8 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends PackageItemInfo implements Parcelable {
                 protLevel = "signatureOrSystem";
                 break;
         }
-        if ((level&PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
-            protLevel += "|system";
+        if ((level&PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED) != 0) {
+            protLevel += "|privileged";
         }
         if ((level&PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_DEVELOPMENT) != 0) {
             protLevel += "|development";
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index e18e44cf316c4..074d1bd0394e9 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -785,31 +785,31 @@
          to handle the respond-via-message action during incoming calls.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to filter carrier specific sms.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CARRIER_FILTER_SMS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to receive emergency cell broadcast messages,
          to record or display them to the user.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
          @hide Pending API council approval -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_EMERGENCY_BROADCAST"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to monitor incoming Bluetooth MAP messages, to record
          or perform processing on them. -->
     <!-- @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BLUETOOTH_MAP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to execute contacts directory search.
          This should only be used by ContactsProvider.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_DIRECTORY_SEARCH"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- =============================================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions for setting the device alarm                        -->
@@ -857,19 +857,19 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows HDMI-CEC service to access device and configuration files.
          This should only be used by HDMI-CEC service.
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.HDMI_CEC"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to use location features in hardware,
          such as the geofencing api.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.LOCATION_HARDWARE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.LOCATION_HARDWARE"/>
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing.
@@ -919,20 +919,20 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows applications to read Wi-Fi credential.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_WIFI_CREDENTIAL"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allow system apps to receive broadcast
          when a wifi network credential is changed.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_WIFI_CREDENTIAL_CHANGE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to modify any wifi configuration, even if created
      by another application. Once reconfigured the original creator cannot make any further
      modifications.
      <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.OVERRIDE_WIFI_CONFIG"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIMAX_STATE"
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
         @hide
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SCORE_NETWORKS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- ======================================= -->
     <!-- Permissions for short range, peripheral networks -->
@@ -1002,22 +1002,22 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an internal user to use privileged ConnectivityManager APIs.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CONNECTIVITY_INTERNAL"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_DATA_ACTIVITY_CHANGE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows access to the loop radio (Android@Home mesh network) device.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.LOOP_RADIO"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows sending and receiving handover transfer status from Wifi and Bluetooth
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.NFC_HANDOVER_STATUS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- ================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions for accessing accounts -->
@@ -1105,13 +1105,13 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to manage preferences and permissions for USB devices
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_USB"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to access the MTP USB kernel driver.
          For use only by the device side MTP implementation.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MTP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows access to hardware peripherals.  Intended only for hardware testing.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows access to FM
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for system apps).-->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FM_RADIO"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows access to configure network interfaces, configure/use IPSec, etc.
          @hide -->
@@ -1139,19 +1139,19 @@
          @hide This should only be used by OEM's TvInputService's.
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.TV_INPUT_HARDWARE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows to capture a frame of TV input hardware such as
          built-in tuners and HDMI-in's.
          @hide <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_TV_INPUT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @hide Allows TvInputService to access DVB device.
    <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.DVB_DEVICE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @hide Allows enabling/disabling OEM unlock
    <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
     <!-- @hide Allows system update service to notify device owner about pending updates.
    <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.NOTIFY_PENDING_SYSTEM_UPDATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- =========================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions associated with camera and image capture -->
@@ -1177,12 +1177,12 @@
          a camera is in use by an application.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA_DISABLE_TRANSMIT_LED"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows sending the camera service notifications about system-wide events.
         @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA_SEND_SYSTEM_EVENTS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- =========================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions associated with telephony state -->
@@ -1193,17 +1193,17 @@
          Does not include placing calls.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows read only access to precise phone state.
          @hide Pending API council approval -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PRECISE_PHONE_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows read access to privileged phone state.
          @hide Used internally. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Protects the ability to register any PhoneAccount with
          PhoneAccount#CAPABILITY_SIM_SUBSCRIPTION. This capability indicates that the PhoneAccount
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to write to internal media storage
          @hide  -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part
          of a document picker.
@@ -1309,19 +1309,19 @@
          @hide
          @SystemApi -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.REAL_GET_TASKS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to start a task from a ActivityManager#RecentTaskInfo.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.START_TASKS_FROM_RECENTS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to call APIs that allow it to do interactions
          across the users on the device, using singleton services and
          user-targeted broadcasts.  This permission is not available to
          third party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @hide Fuller form of {@link android.Manifest.permission#INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS}
          that removes restrictions on where broadcasts can be sent and allows other
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@
          users on the device. This permission is not available to
          third party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_USERS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @hide Allows an application to set the profile owners and the device owner.
          This permission is not available to third party applications.-->
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to create/manage/remove stacks -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to start any activity, regardless of permission
          protection or exported state.
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to retrieve a package's importance.
          This permission is not available to third party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_IMPORTANCE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- ================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions affecting the display of other applications  -->
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"
         android:label="@string/permlab_systemAlertWindow"
         android:description="@string/permdesc_systemAlertWindow"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|appop|pre23" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|preinstalled|appop|pre23" />
 
     <!-- ================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions affecting the system wallpaper -->
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to set the system time.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_TIME"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows applications to set the system time zone.
          <p>Protection level: normal
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such
          as locale. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to read or write the system settings. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"
@@ -1531,23 +1531,23 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to modify the Google service map.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to call
         {@link android.app.ActivityManager#forceStopPackage}.
         @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to retrieve the content of the active window
          An active window is the window that has fired an accessibility event. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RETRIEVE_WINDOW_CONTENT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Modify the global animation scaling factor.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_ANIMATION_SCALE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @deprecated This functionality will be removed in the future; please do
          not use. Allow an application to make its activities persistent. -->
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to write the apn settings.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_APN_SETTINGS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
          <p>Protection level: normal
@@ -1652,24 +1652,24 @@
          <p>Protection level: system|signature
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CLEAR_APP_CACHE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to use any media decoder when decoding for playback
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ALLOW_ANY_CODEC_FOR_PLAYBACK"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to install and/or uninstall CA certificates on
          behalf of the user.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to do certain operations needed for
          interacting with the recovery (system update) system.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.RECOVERY"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows the system to bind to an application's task services
          @hide -->
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@
          it off to the various individual installer components
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_CONFIG"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- ========================================= -->
     <!-- Permissions for special development tools -->
@@ -1693,40 +1693,40 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.DUMP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications, because
     Log entries can contain the user's private information. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_LOGS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Configure an application for debugging.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_DEBUG_APP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed)
          application processes that can be running.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_PROCESS_LIMIT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately
          finished when put in the background.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_ALWAYS_FINISH"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allow an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent processes.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_PROCESSES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- ==================================== -->
     <!-- Private permissions                  -->
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@
          and its icons.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.STATUS_BAR"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to be the status bar.  Currently used only by SystemUI.apk
     @hide -->
@@ -1760,16 +1760,16 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to update device statistics.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi @hide Allows an application to collect battery statistics -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.GET_APP_OPS_STATS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to update application operation statistics. Not for
          use by third party apps. @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_APP_OPS_STATS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|installer" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|installer" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to open windows that are for use by parts
          of the system user interface.
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@
          to put the higher-level system there into a shutdown state.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SHUTDOWN"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to tell the activity manager to temporarily
          stop application switches, putting it into a special mode that
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@
          critical UI such as the home screen.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.STOP_APP_SWITCHES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to retrieve private information about
          the current top activity, such as any assist context it can provide.
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@
          <p>Protection level: system|signature
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_WALLPAPER"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by a {@link android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionService},
          to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@
          to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
          @hide <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p> -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_VOICE_KEYPHRASES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by a {@link com.android.media.remotedisplay.RemoteDisplayProvider},
          to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
@@ -1942,13 +1942,13 @@
          <p>Protection level: signature
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_TV_INPUT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to modify parental controls
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_PARENTAL_CONTROLS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by a {@link android.media.routing.MediaRouteService}
          to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_DEVICE_ADMINS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows low-level access to setting the orientation (actually
          rotation) of the screen.
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to install packages.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to clear user data.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications
@@ -2021,23 +2021,23 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to delete cache files.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to delete packages.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to move location of installed package.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MOVE_PACKAGE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own) is
          enabled or not.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @hide Allows an application to grant or revoke specific permissions. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.GRANT_REVOKE_PERMISSIONS"
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@
 
     <!-- @hide Allows an application to observe permission changes. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.OBSERVE_GRANT_REVOKE_PERMISSIONS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@
          get access to the frame buffer data.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_FRAME_BUFFER"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to use InputFlinger's low level features.
          @hide -->
@@ -2081,40 +2081,40 @@
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p>
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CONTROL_VPN"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CONTROL_VPN" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to capture audio output.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p> -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to capture audio for hotword detection.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p>
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_HOTWORD"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to modify audio routing and override policy decisions.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p>
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_ROUTING"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to capture video output.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p> -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to capture secure video output.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.</p> -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_SECURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its playback.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications due to privacy of media consumption</p>  -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!).
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Required to be able to reboot the device.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.REBOOT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
    <!-- @SystemApi Allows low-level access to power management.
         <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@
    <!-- Allows access to the PowerManager.userActivity function.
    <p>Not for use by third-party applications. @hide @SystemApi -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.USER_ACTIVITY"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
    <!-- @hide Allows low-level access to tun tap driver -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.NET_TUNNELING"
@@ -2173,45 +2173,45 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to broadcast privileged networking requests.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_NETWORK_PRIVILEGED"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MASTER_CLEAR"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to call any phone number, including emergency
          numbers, without going through the Dialer user interface for the user
          to confirm the call being placed.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PRIVILEGED"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to perform CDMA OTA provisioning @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.PERFORM_CDMA_PROVISIONING"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to perform SIM Activation @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.PERFORM_SIM_ACTIVATION"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from
          the radio.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CONTROL_LOCATION_UPDATES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin
          database, to change values that get uploaded.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to collect component usage
          statistics
          <p>Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the
          device can grant permission through the Settings application. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development|appop" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development|appop" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS" />
 
     <!-- @hide Allows an application to change the app idle state of an app.
@@ -2227,13 +2227,13 @@
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to collect battery statistics -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BATTERY_STATS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system|development" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to control the backup and restore process.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
          @hide pending API council -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BACKUP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows a package to launch the secure full-backup confirmation UI.
          ONLY the system process may hold this permission.
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Must be required by a {@link android.widget.RemoteViewsService},
          to ensure that only the system can bind to it. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_REMOTEVIEWS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application
          can access AppWidget's data.  The normal user flow is that a user
@@ -2253,19 +2253,19 @@
          An application that has this permission should honor that contract.
          <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Private permission, to restrict who can bring up a dialog to add a new
          keyguard widget
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_KEYGUARD_APPWIDGET"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Internal permission allowing an application to query/set which
          applications can bind AppWidgets.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_APPWIDGET_BIND_PERMISSIONS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows applications to change the background data setting.
     <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
@@ -2282,7 +2282,7 @@
          it is used by applications to protect themselves from everyone else
          besides global search. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.GLOBAL_SEARCH"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Internal permission protecting access to the global search
          system: ensures that only the system can access the provider
@@ -2297,28 +2297,28 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Internal permission to allows an application to read indexable data.
         @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SEARCH_INDEXABLES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to set a live wallpaper.
          @hide XXX Change to signature once the picker is moved to its
          own apk as Ghod Intended. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_COMPONENT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to read dream settings and dream state.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_DREAM_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to write dream settings, and start or stop dreaming.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_DREAM_STATE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allow an application to read and write the cache partition.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by default container service so that only
          the system can bind to it and use it to copy
@@ -2332,12 +2332,12 @@
         @hide
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.CRYPT_KEEPER"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to read historical network usage for
          specific networks and applications. @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_NETWORK_USAGE_HISTORY"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to manage network policies (such as warning and disable
          limits) and to define application-specific rules. @hide -->
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@
          by system services like download manager and media server. Not for use by
          third party apps. @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_NETWORK_ACCOUNTING"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- C2DM permission.
          @hide Used internally.
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@
          trust it to verify packages.
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_VERIFICATION_AGENT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by package verifier receiver, to ensure that only the
          system can interact with it.
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@
          PackageManager will trust it to verify intent filters.
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.INTENT_FILTER_VERIFICATION_AGENT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Must be required by intent filter verifier receiver, to ensure that only the
          system can interact with it.
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows applications to access serial ports via the SerialManager.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SERIAL_PORT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows the holder to access content providers from outside an ApplicationThread.
          This permission is enforced by the ActivityManagerService on the corresponding APIs,
@@ -2401,13 +2401,13 @@
          OTA reboot *not* occur while the lock is held.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_LOCK"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to read the current set of notifications, including
          any metadata and intents attached.
          @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATIONS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
          <p>Protection level: normal
@@ -2439,12 +2439,12 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to provide a trust agent.
          @hide For security reasons, this is a platform-only permission. -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.PROVIDE_TRUST_AGENT"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to launch the trust agent settings activity.
         @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.LAUNCH_TRUST_AGENT_SETTINGS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Must be required by an {@link
         android.service.trust.TrustAgentService},
@@ -2487,17 +2487,17 @@
          carrier setup application to enforce that this permission is required
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for OEMs and system apps). -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.INVOKE_CARRIER_SETUP"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to listen for network condition observations.
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for system apps). -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_CONDITIONS"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to provision and access DRM certificates
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for system apps). -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_DRM_CERTIFICATES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Api Allows an application to manage media projection sessions.
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for system apps). -->
@@ -2514,11 +2514,11 @@
     <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to remove DRM certificates
          @hide This is not a third-party API (intended for system apps). -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.REMOVE_DRM_CERTIFICATES"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- @deprecated Use {@link android.Manifest.permission#BIND_CARRIER_SERVICES} instead -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_CARRIER_MESSAGING_SERVICE"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to interact with the currently active
          {@link android.service.voice.VoiceInteractionService}.
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@
     <permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_CARRIER_SERVICES"
         android:label="@string/permlab_bindCarrierServices"
         android:description="@string/permdesc_bindCarrierServices"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature|system" />
+        android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to query whether DO_NOT_ASK_CREDENTIALS_ON_BOOT
          flag is set.
@@ -2556,14 +2556,14 @@
 
     <!-- Allows applications to act as network scorers. @hide @SystemApi-->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.LOCAL_MAC_ADDRESS"
-                android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+                android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- Allows the Nfc stack to dispatch Nfc messages to applications. Applications
         can use this permission to ensure incoming Nfc messages are from the Nfc stack
         and not simulated by another application.
         @hide -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.DISPATCH_NFC_MESSAGE"
-                android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+                android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
 
     <!-- The system process is explicitly the only one allowed to launch the
          confirmation UI for full backup/restore -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
index c501329b6ab3c..1515703ec08b7 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
              together. -->
         <flag name="signatureOrSystem" value="3" />
         <!-- Additional flag from base permission type: this permission can also
-             be granted to any applications installed on the system image.
+             be granted to any applications installed as privileged apps on the system image.
              Please avoid using this option, as the
              signature protection level should be sufficient for most needs and
              works regardless of exactly where applications are installed.  This
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@
              vendors have applications built in to a system image which need
              to share specific features explicitly because they are being built
              together. -->
+        <flag name="privileged" value="0x10" />
+        <!-- Old synonym for "privileged". -->
         <flag name="system" value="0x10" />
         <!-- Additional flag from base permission type: this permission can also
              (optionally) be granted to development applications. -->
@@ -226,6 +228,10 @@
         <!-- Additional flag from base permission type: this permission can be automatically
             granted to system apps that verify packages. -->
         <flag name="verifier" value="0x200" />
+        <!-- Additional flag from base permission type: this permission can be automatically
+            granted any application pre-installed on the system image (not just privileged
+            apps). -->
+        <flag name="preinstalled" value="0x400" />
     </attr>
 
     <!-- Flags indicating more context for a permission group. -->
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index 9c0d408c7aff4..124214c84b5f2 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -8430,7 +8430,7 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub {
                 || (compareSignatures(mPlatformPackage.mSignatures, pkg.mSignatures)
                         == PackageManager.SIGNATURE_MATCH);
         if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
-                & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
+                & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_PRIVILEGED) != 0) {
             if (isSystemApp(pkg)) {
                 // For updated system applications, a system permission
                 // is granted only if it had been defined by the original application.
@@ -8467,31 +8467,39 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
-                & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_PRE23) != 0
-                && pkg.applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion < Build.VERSION_CODES.MNC) {
-            // If this was a previously normal/dangerous permission that got moved
-            // to a system permission as part of the runtime permission redesign, then
-            // we still want to blindly grant it to old apps.
-            allowed = true;
-        }
-        if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_INSTALLER) != 0
-                && pkg.packageName.equals(mRequiredInstallerPackage)) {
-            // If this permission is to be granted to the system installer and
-            // this app is an installer, then it gets the permission.
-            allowed = true;
-        }
-        if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_VERIFIER) != 0
-                && pkg.packageName.equals(mRequiredVerifierPackage)) {
-            // If this permission is to be granted to the system verifier and
-            // this app is a verifier, then it gets the permission.
-            allowed = true;
-        }
-        if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
-                & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_DEVELOPMENT) != 0) {
-            // For development permissions, a development permission
-            // is granted only if it was already granted.
-            allowed = origPermissions.hasInstallPermission(perm);
+        if (!allowed) {
+            if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
+                    & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_PRE23) != 0
+                    && pkg.applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion < Build.VERSION_CODES.MNC) {
+                // If this was a previously normal/dangerous permission that got moved
+                // to a system permission as part of the runtime permission redesign, then
+                // we still want to blindly grant it to old apps.
+                allowed = true;
+            }
+            if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_INSTALLER) != 0
+                    && pkg.packageName.equals(mRequiredInstallerPackage)) {
+                // If this permission is to be granted to the system installer and
+                // this app is an installer, then it gets the permission.
+                allowed = true;
+            }
+            if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_VERIFIER) != 0
+                    && pkg.packageName.equals(mRequiredVerifierPackage)) {
+                // If this permission is to be granted to the system verifier and
+                // this app is a verifier, then it gets the permission.
+                allowed = true;
+            }
+            if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
+                    & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_PREINSTALLED) != 0
+                    && isSystemApp(pkg)) {
+                // Any pre-installed system app is allowed to get this permission.
+                allowed = true;
+            }
+            if (!allowed && (bp.protectionLevel
+                    & PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_FLAG_DEVELOPMENT) != 0) {
+                // For development permissions, a development permission
+                // is granted only if it was already granted.
+                allowed = origPermissions.hasInstallPermission(perm);
+            }
         }
         return allowed;
     }