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.
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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 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-05-27T19:59:06.293Z
Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:25:25.707Z
Link: CVE-2026-48066
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-27T20:16:40.543
Modified: 2026-05-27T20:16:40.543
Link: CVE-2026-48066
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