# CVE-2023-54213: USB: sisusbvga: Add endpoint checks

> A malicious USB device can trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service in the sisusbvga driver due to missing endpoint checks.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54213, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54213, GHSA-hpgq-f92h-77q5, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54213

## What is CVE-2023-54213?

CVE-2023-54213 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: sisusbvga: Add endpoint checks

The syzbot fuzzer was able to provoke a WARNING from the sisusbvga driver:

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usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 26 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xed6/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 26 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5-syzkaller-00199-g5af6ce704936 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/12/2023
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xed6/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
Code: 7c 24 18 e8 6c 50 80 fb 48 8b 7c 24 18 e8 62 1a 01 ff 41 89 d8 44 89 e1 4c 89 ea 48 89 c6 48 c7 c7 60 b1 fa 8a e8 84 b0 be 03 <0f> 0b e9 58 f8 ff ff e8 3e 50 80 fb 48 81 c5 c0 05 00 00 e9 84 f7
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a1ed18 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff888012783a80 RSI: ffffffff816680ec RDI: fffff52000143d95
RBP: ffff888079020000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffff888017d33370 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: ffff888021213600
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005592753a60b0 CR3: 0000000022899000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 sisusb_bulkout_msg drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:224 [inline]
 sisusb_send_bulk_msg.constprop.0+0x904/0x1230 drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:379
 sisusb_send_bridge_packet drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:567 [inline]
 sisusb_do_init_gfxdevice drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:2077 [inline]
 sisusb_init_gfxdevice+0x87b/0x4000 drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:2177
 sisusb_probe+0x9cd/0xbe2 drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c:2869
...

The problem was caused by the fact that the driver does not check
whether the endpoints it uses are actually present and have the
appropriate types.  This can be fixed by adding a simple check of
the endpoints.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54213?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54213?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54213 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54213 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54213/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54213/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54213
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54213
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54213

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54213/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.