CVE-2026-48066 (GCVE-0-2026-48066)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 19:57 – Updated: 2026-05-27 19:59
VLAI
Title
pam_usb: Thread-unsafe static pointer in log.c causes data race under concurrent PAM authentication
Summary
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/log.c contains a process-wide static pointer that is written on every PAM invocation with the address of a stack-local variable. This violates the PAM re-entrancy requirement and creates a data race when the PAM stack is invoked concurrently from multiple threads. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/adviso… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/issues/350 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/issues/55 | x_refsource_MISC |
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