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CVE-2021-4115

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


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
polkit_project:polkit polkit project polkit 0.117
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 8.0
fedoraproject:fedora fedoraproject fedora 34
fedoraproject:fedora fedoraproject fedora 35
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 20.04
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 21.10
debian:debian_linux debian debian linux 11.0
oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit oracle zfs storage appliance kit 8.8

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