memory leak in polkit causes kde4init to consume a lot of memory

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

The kde4init process uses polkit in a specific way which causes a memory leak.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • KDE4
  • polkit version up until polkit-0.112-6.el7_2

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content