5.5

CVE-2023-53185: wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53185DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53185
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53185 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 15
RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2023:7077RHSA-2025:21051RHSA-2025:21083RHSA-2025:21084RHSA-2025:21091

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu123 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-166.183 | < 5.15.0-86.96
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1113.123 | < 5.15.0-1047.52
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < db8df00cd6d801b3abdb145201c2bdd1c665f585 | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 9e3031eea2d45918dc44cbfc6a6029e82882916f | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555 | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 95b4b940f0fb2873dcedad81699e869eb7581c85 | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888 | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8 | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < be2a546c30fe8d72efa032bee612363bb75314bd | ≥ fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08, < 061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142 | 2.6.35
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.35, < 4.14.322 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.291 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.251 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.188 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.121 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.39 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.3.13 | ≥ 6.4, < 6.4.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.4-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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