CVE-2021-4115

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-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 time is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned.

Description

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 time is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2007534: CVE-2021-4115 polkit: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-4115