GoogleOSV:CVE-2021-4115CVE-2021-4115
There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115
gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e
gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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