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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
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libs | May 4, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-docs | Apr 29, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade policykit-1 | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-libs | Jun 7, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit | Apr 26, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit | Jun 16, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-docs | Apr 28, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libs-debuginfo | Apr 29, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit | May 5, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpolkit0Upgrade pkexecUpgrade libpolkit-gobject-1-0Upgrade polkit-docUpgrade polkitUpgrade libpolkit-agent-1-0Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0Upgrade libpolkit0-32bit | Feb 19, 2022 | Feb 19, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade policykit-1 | Mar 22, 2023 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 21, 2022 |
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