CVE-2023-53185 (GCVE-0-2023-53185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:04 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:39
VLAI
Title
wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585 (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555 (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85 (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888 (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8 (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd (git)
Affected: fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 , < 061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142 (git)
Create a notification for this product.
Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.35
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.35 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.322 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.291 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.251 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.188 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.121 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.39 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.13 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.4 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2.6.35"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "2.6.35",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "4.14.322",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "4.19.291",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.4.251",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.10.188",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.15.121",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.39",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.3.13",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.4.4",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.5",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "4.14.322",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "4.19.291",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.251",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.188",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.121",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.39",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.13",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.4",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.5",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.35",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: don\u0027t allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes\n\nA bad USB device is able to construct a service connection response\nmessage with target endpoint being ENDPOINT0 which is reserved for\nHTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC and should not be modified to be used for any other\nservices.\n\nReject such service connection responses.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:39:53.611Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142"
        }
      ],
      "title": "wifi: ath9k: don\u0027t allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-53185",
    "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:04:37.921Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T13:59:19.065Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:39:53.611Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2023-53185",
      "date": "2026-05-26",
      "epss": "0.00016",
      "percentile": "0.04092"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2023-53185\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"published\":\"2025-09-15T14:15:40.657\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-12-02T02:56:18.970\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Analyzed\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nwifi: ath9k: don\u0027t allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes\\n\\nA bad USB device is able to construct a service connection response\\nmessage with target endpoint being ENDPOINT0 which is reserved for\\nHTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC and should not be modified to be used for any other\\nservices.\\n\\nReject such service connection responses.\\n\\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H\",\"baseScore\":5.5,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"LOW\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":3.6}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"NVD-CWE-noinfo\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"2.6.35\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"4.14.322\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"0B0A4ED3-F29C-491F-AD11-6A9E8E165B65\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"4.15\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"4.19.291\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"D2D2CA9F-4CC4-4AF5-8C6D-E58415AB782E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"4.20\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"5.4.251\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"7FA663C4-CA72-4B5A-8592-7354D978F58E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"5.5\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"5.10.188\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"43CAE50A-4A6C-488E-813C-F8DB77C13C8B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"5.11\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"5.15.121\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"EC77775B-EC31-4966-966C-1286C02B2A85\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"5.16\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"6.1.39\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"9BD1D4A1-304D-4187-8178-6D7C0050B1AF\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"6.2\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"6.3.13\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"95CB4836-7F5D-4C20-B025-8E046EC87B78\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"6.4\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"6.4.4\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"6AB81046-CB69-4115-924C-963B37C41385\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.