Report: CVE-2026-48065 - pam_usb: Unchecked integer multiplication before xmalloc() in conf.c allows heap
CVE ID :CVE-2026-48065 Published : May 27, 2026, 8:16 p.m. | 1 hour, 7 minutes ago Description :pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/conf.c allocates heap memory proportional to n_devices, a count derived from libxml2 XPath evaluation of the config file, without first enforcing an upper bound. On 32-bit targets (armv7l, i686 -- both listed in the project Makefile), the multiplication n_devices * sizeof(t_pusb_device) wraps around size_t, causing xmalloc() to receive a very small size. Because xmalloc() only calls abort() on NULL return, a small-but-non-NULL allocation is accepted, and subsequent array writes overflow the heap. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1. Severity: 6.7 | MEDIUM Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...