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wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 5.4.251, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53185
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Sept 2025, 14:04 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2023-53185
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.322, 4.19.291, 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
Complete source record
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