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.
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title pam_usb: Thread-unsafe static pointer in log.c causes data race under concurrent PAM authentication
Weaknesses CWE-362
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T19:59:06.293Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:25:25.707Z

Link: CVE-2026-48066

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-27T20:16:40.543

Modified: 2026-05-27T20:16:40.543

Link: CVE-2026-48066

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