CVE-2023-53185

MEDIUM EPSS 4.5%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.35  –  <4.14.322
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.291
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.251
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.188
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.121
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.39
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.3.13
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.4  –  <6.4.4

References 9

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

Remediation

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