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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091557-CVE-2023-53185-2f8d@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53185 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53185 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:04:37.921Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:04:37.921Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:59:19.065Z

Link: CVE-2023-53185

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T14:15:40.657

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2023-53185

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53185 - Bugzilla