Description of problem: Looking in a dmesg I noticed polkitd had seg'd Dec 31 00:10:01 major kernel: polkitd[796]: segfault at 7f77281071c8 ip 00007f77281071c8 sp 00007fffb1720bc8 error 15 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): polkit-0.112-2.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: Happen 5 times in the last couple of months, no apparent pattern Steps to Reproduce: 1. I'm only noticing this from the logs, so not got steps 2. 3. Actual results: [dg@major ~]$ journalctl |grep -i polkit|grep -i seg Nov 10 21:01:02 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Nov 19 16:00:01 major kernel: polkitd[745]: segfault at 7f3e461071c8 ip 00007f3e461071c8 sp 00007fff9b17e5d8 error 15 Nov 19 16:00:01 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Nov 24 01:01:01 major kernel: polkitd[741]: segfault at 7fcf12d071c8 ip 00007fcf12d071c8 sp 00007fff53f8eb88 error 15 Nov 24 01:01:01 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Nov 26 16:50:01 major kernel: polkitd[737]: segfault at 7fd7244071c8 ip 00007fd7244071c8 sp 00007fff26ced8e8 error 15 Nov 26 16:50:01 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Dec 08 01:55:48 major kernel: polkitd[804]: segfault at 7fd56a0071c8 ip 00007fd56a0071c8 sp 00007ffff2c77938 error 15 Dec 08 01:55:48 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Dec 31 00:10:01 major kernel: polkitd[796]: segfault at 7f77281071c8 ip 00007f77281071c8 sp 00007fffb1720bc8 error 15 Dec 31 00:10:01 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Expected results: No segs Additional info: Note they all seem to be ..071c8 addresses, so it seems to be the same address, which also I think is the IP which seems pretty weird/worrying. I don't think I was doing anything odd at the time. I have one extra added polkit rule: [root@major dg]# cat /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10.virt.rules polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { polkit.log("action=" + action); polkit.log("subject=" + subject); var now = new Date(); polkit.log("now=" + now) if ((action.id == "org.libvirt.unix.manage" || action.id == "org.libvirt.unix.monitor") && subject.isInGroup("virt")) { return polkit.Result.YES; } return null; }); but I've not been doing anything with virt on this machine today, probably was on previous days. Journalctl doesn't say much more: Dec 31 00:10:01 major polkitd[796]: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10.virt.rules:2: action=[Action id='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected'] Dec 31 00:10:01 major polkitd[796]: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10.virt.rules:3: subject=[Subject pid=1688 user='dg' groups=dg,wheel,dialout,virt, seat='seat0' session='1' local=true active=true] Dec 31 00:10:01 major polkitd[796]: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/10.virt.rules:5: now=Tue Dec 31 2013 00:10:01 GMT+0000 (GMT) Dec 31 00:10:01 major kernel: polkitd[796]: segfault at 7f77281071c8 ip 00007f77281071c8 sp 00007fffb1720bc8 error 15 Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.own: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bu Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wimax: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wwan: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-wifi: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.enable-disable-network: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bu Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.protected: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major NetworkManager[858]: <warn> error requesting auth for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.wifi.share.open: (4) GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) Dec 31 00:10:01 major systemd[1]: polkit.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Dec 31 00:10:01 major systemd[1]: Unit polkit.service entered failed state.
Thanks for your report. This is very likely a duplicate of #910262; next steps to diagnosing this would be getting a full core dump (which is somewhat difficult because the kernel's policy prohibits this for a process which behaves like polkitd). *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 910262 ***