CVE-2023-53185

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Improper Endpoint Attribute Handling in ath9k

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes A bad USB device is able to construct a service connection response message with target endpoint being ENDPOINT0 which is reserved for HTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC and should not be modified to be used for any other services. Reject such service connection responses. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

References (9)

Core 9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 2.6.35 - 4.14.322linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.291linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.251linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.121linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.39linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.188linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.3.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.4.4linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.35
Linux/Linux 2.6.35
... and 19 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026