CVE-2023-53185
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bdPatch