Getting "polkitd general protection error:0 in libmozjs-17.0.so" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • polkitd aborting with the following message

    kernel: traps: polkitd[####] general protection ip:7ffff69e5cf2 sp:7fffffffdee0 error:0 in libmozjs-17.0.so[7ffff68a7000+3b3000]
    systemd: polkit.service: main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV
    
  • If abrt is in use, may also see the following in syslog

    abrt-hook-ccpp: Saved core dump of pid #### (/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS-#### (65622016 bytes)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • polkit-0.112-5.el7.x86_64

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