Upstream information

CVE-2023-53761 at MITRE

Description

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:

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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 <0f> 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:
<TASK>
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/usbtmc.c:2097

To fix this, we must override the direction in the bRequestType field
of the control request structure when the length is 0.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1255002 [NEW], 1255003 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-rt Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 kernel-source Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Dec 8 04:03:04 2025
CVE page last modified: Mon Dec 29 18:03:26 2025