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LIN1021-16825 : Security Advisory - polkit - CVE-2025-7519

Created: Jul 14, 2025    Updated: Dec 7, 2025
Resolved Date: Nov 27, 2025
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Fix Version: 10.21.20.26
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

Description

A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.

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