polkid uses CPU extensively, laptop becomes very hot

Bug #1773431 reported by Ivan Yarych
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policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

At some point polkitd starts to consume CPU power and nothing helps to make it eat less - only a reboot. This causes laptop to overheat and coolers spin like crazy.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: policykit-1 0.105-20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 25 21:28:23 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-31 (478 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
SourcePackage: policykit-1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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