CVE-2026-48066 PUBLISHED

pam_usb: Thread-unsafe static pointer in log.c causes data race under concurrent PAM authentication

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.7

Product Status

Vendor mcdope
Product pam_usb
Versions
  • Version < 0.9.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE