vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2021-4115)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 21, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 21, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
There is a file descriptor leak in polkit, which can enable an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to file descriptor exhaustion.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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