CVE-2023-53185
Published: September 16, 2025Last modified: September 16, 2025
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.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.42-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.6.89-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.6.58-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585