CVE-2023-53185

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

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

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.

This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-09-15 CVE Reserved
2025-09-15 CVE Published
2026-04-11 EPSS Updated
2026-05-11 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-1285: Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585	2023-08-11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f	2023-08-11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b	2023-07-27
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555	2023-07-27
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85	2023-07-23
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888	2023-07-19
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8	2023-07-11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd	2023-07-19
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142	2023-05-25

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53185	2025-11-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395297	2025-11-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 4.14.322 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 4.14.322"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 4.19.291 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 4.19.291"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 5.4.251 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 5.4.251"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 5.10.188 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 5.10.188"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 5.15.121 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 5.15.121"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 6.1.39 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 6.1.39"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 6.3.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 6.3.13"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 6.4.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 6.4.4"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 2.6.35 < 6.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.35 < 6.5"		en		Affected