CVE-2023-53185

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-15 14:15

Updated : 2025-12-02 02:56

NVD link : CVE-2023-53185

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53185

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53185

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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