policykit-1: There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descript...
CVE-2021-4115 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-26ubuntu1.3, released February 14, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 0.105-32 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4115 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 0.105-32 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4115 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 14 | 0.105-32 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4115 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | policykit-1 0.105-26ubuntu1.3 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| polkit · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 | RHSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.2 | ELSA-2022-1546 | Apr 27, 2022 |
| polkit · rocky 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 | RLSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 | RHSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-devel · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-devel · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-devel · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.2 | ELSA-2022-1546 | Apr 27, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 | RHSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-docs · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.2 | ELSA-2022-1546 | Apr 27, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2 | RHSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:1546 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-libs · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.2 | ELSA-2022-1546 | Apr 27, 2022 |
| polkit-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
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