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CVE-2023-53761
published 2025-12-08

CVE-2023-53761: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: usbtmc: Fix direction for 0-length ioctl control messages The syzbot fuzzer found a…

PriorityP423medium7
EPSS
0.17%
6.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: usbtmc: Fix direction for 0-length ioctl control messages The syzbot fuzzer found a problem in the usbtmc driver: When a user submits an ioctl for a 0-length control transfer, the driver does not check that the direction is set to OUT: ------------[ cut here ]------------ usb 3-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80000b80 doesn't match bRequestType fd WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5100 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:411 usb_submit_urb+0x14a7/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:411 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5100 Comm: syz-executor428 Not tainted 6.3.0-syzkaller-12049-g58390c8ce1bd #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/14/2023 RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0x14a7/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:411 Code: 7c 24 40 e8 1b 13 5c fb 48 8b 7c 24 40 e8 21 1d f0 fe 45 89 e8 44 89 f1 4c 89 e2 48 89 c6 48 c7 c7 e0 b5 fc 8a e8 19 c8 23 fb 0b e9 9f ee ff ff e8 ed 12 5c fb 0f b6 1d 12 8a 3c 08 31 ff 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d2fb00 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880789e9058 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff888029593b80 RSI: ffffffff814c1447 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff88801ea742f8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88802915e528 R13: 00000000000000fd R14: 0000000080000b80 R15: ffff8880222b3100 FS: 0000555556ca63c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f9ef4d18150 CR3: 0000000073e5b000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: usb_start_wait_urb+0x101/0x4b0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x320/0x4a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 usbtmc_ioctl_request drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c:1954 [inline] usbtmc_ioctl+0x1b3d/0x2840 drivers/usb/class/usbtm

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 7cef7681aa7719ff585dd06113a061ab2def7da07cef7681aa7719ff585dd06113a061ab2def7da0
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 6340e432cf70bf156b19c6f5dd737d940eca02a36340e432cf70bf156b19c6f5dd737d940eca02a3
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 3b43d9df27a708f4079d518b879f517fea150a913b43d9df27a708f4079d518b879f517fea150a91
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 0ced12bdf624d8d8977ddb16eb130cd479d92bcf0ced12bdf624d8d8977ddb16eb130cd479d92bcf
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 50775a046c68e1d157d5e413cae2e5e00da1c46350775a046c68e1d157d5e413cae2e5e00da1c463
linuxlinux>= 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc < 94d25e9128988c6a1fc9070f6e98215a95795bd894d25e9128988c6a1fc9070f6e98215a95795bd8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.191-15.10.191-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20.0 < 5.4.2445.4.244
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1135.15.113
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.306.1.30
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.1815.10.181
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.3.46.3.4
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