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CVE-2026-48986mediumCWE-835

pam_usb: Infinite loop DoS in process-tree walk when parent process exits during authentication

13Vexday Risk Score

Sem sinal de exploração. Nenhum artefato público de exploração conhecido até agora.

ssvc Trackcvss 4.7epss 0.1%
probabilidade de exploração
0.1%top 96% das CVEs
exploração observada
nãonenhuma fonte reporta
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using removable media. In pam_usb 0.9.1 and earlier, usb_get_process_parent_id() can cause an infinite loop DoS because it does not initialize *ppid on failure. In pusb_local_login(), the same variable is reused as input and output in a process-tree while loop; if /proc/<pid>/stat cannot be read (for example, when an ancestor process exits during authentication), the PID is not updated and the loop does not terminate. This hangs the authenticating process (such as sudo, sshd, or login) until it is forcibly terminated. This issue has been fixed in version 0.9.2.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Produtos afetados
mcdope · pam_usb