CVE-2023-53185

wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: September 15, 2025 at 02:04 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

2.6.35 ≤ v < 4.14.3222.6.35 ≤ v < 4.19.2912.6.35 ≤ v < 5.10.1882.6.35 ≤ v < 5.15.1212.6.35 ≤ v < 5.4.2512.6.35 ≤ v < 6.1.392.6.35 ≤ v < 6.3.132.6.35 ≤ v < 6.4.42.6.35 ≤ v < 6.54.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2914.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2515.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1215.16 ≤ v < 6.1.395.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1886.2 ≤ v < 6.3.136.4 ≤ v < 6.4.42.6.35fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08

Vendor states this is fixed in 061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.35 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.322 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.291 (unaffected)