CVE-2023-53185

low-risk
Published 2025-09-15

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal