GHSA-MJ4M-3482-Q62H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-15 15:31 – Updated: 2025-12-02 03:31
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Details

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.

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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