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  - 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 <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. (CVE-2023-53761)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53761

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277778

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Version 1.7 Jan 15, 2026, 2:04 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601151404
Version 1.6 Jan 13, 2026, 2:35 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601130235
Version 1.5 Dec 23, 2025, 10:46 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512232246
Version 1.4 Dec 23, 2025, 2:38 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512231438
Version 1.3 Dec 11, 2025, 12:59 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512111259
Version 1.2 Dec 10, 2025, 9:29 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.2) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.9) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-53761, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512100929
Version 1.1 Dec 9, 2025, 2:31 AM New Plugin Feed: 202512090231