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LIN1021-2873 : Security Advisory - polkit - CVE-2021-4115

Created: Feb 21, 2022    Updated: Mar 18, 2025
Resolved Date: Feb 9, 2023
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Fix Version: 10.21.20.16
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

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

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4115

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