CVE-2024-38565

wifi: ar5523: enable proper endpoint verification

Published Jun 19, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ar5523: enable proper endpoint verification

Syzkaller reports [1] hitting a warning about an endpoint in use
not having an expected type to it.

Fix the issue by checking for the existence of all proper
endpoints with their according types intact.

Sadly, this patch has not been tested on real hardware.

[1] Syzkaller report:
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usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3643 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xed6/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ar5523_cmd+0x41b/0x780 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:275
ar5523_cmd_read drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:302 [inline]
ar5523_host_available drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:1376 [inline]
ar5523_probe+0x14b0/0x1d10 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:1655
usb_probe_interface+0x30f/0x7f0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline]
really_probe+0x249/0xb90 drivers/base/dd.c:639
__driver_probe_device+0x1df/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:778
driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:808
__device_attach_driver+0x1d4/0x2e0 drivers/base/dd.c:936
bus_for_each_drv+0x163/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x1e4/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:1008
bus_probe_device+0x1e8/0x2a0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0xbd9/0x1e90 drivers/base/core.c:3517
usb_set_configuration+0x101d/0x1900 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
usb_generic_driver_probe+0xbe/0x100 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
usb_probe_device+0xd8/0x2c0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline]
really_probe+0x249/0xb90 drivers/base/dd.c:639
__driver_probe_device+0x1df/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:778
driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:808
__device_attach_driver+0x1d4/0x2e0 drivers/base/dd.c:936
bus_for_each_drv+0x163/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x1e4/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:1008
bus_probe_device+0x1e8/0x2a0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0xbd9/0x1e90 drivers/base/core.c:3517
usb_new_device.cold+0x685/0x10ad drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2573
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5353 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5497 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5653 [inline]
hub_event+0x26cb/0x45d0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5735
process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x669/0x1090 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x2e8/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306
</TASK>

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5730-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-4 Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6952-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6953-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6955-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6979-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7007-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7007-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7007-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7009-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7009-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 12:43 AM
Reserved
Jun 18, 2024, 7:36 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 19, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 1:18 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 19, 2024, 12:00 AM