Summary
dbus-broker is an implementation of a message bus as defined by the D-Bus specification. Its aim is to provide high performance and reliability, while keeping compatibility to the D-Bus reference implementation. It is exclusively written for Linux systems, and makes use of many modern features provided by recent Linux kernel releases.
Security Fix(es):
* dbus-broker: dbus-broker: session bus denial of service via EMFILE during peer setup (CVE-2026-16730)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | dbus-broker | 28-9.el9_8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.5
Dbus-broker: dbus-broker: session bus denial of service via emfile during peer setup
A flaw was found in dbus-broker. When the process file-descriptor limit is reached, EMFILE/ENFILE errors during peer setup (notably SO_PEERPIDFD) are handled as fatal failures, causing the broker to exit. A local attacker who can open many connections to the …