CVE-2024-46844
High
um: line: always fill *error_out in setup_one_line()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: line: always fill *error_out in setup_one_line() The pointer isn't initialized by callers, but I have encountered cases where it's still printed; initialize it in all possible cases in setup_one_line().
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
September 27, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-46844
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: line: always fill *error_out in setup_one_line() The pointer isn't initialized by callers, but I have encountered cases where it's still printed; initialize it in all possible cases in setup_one_line().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/289979d64573f43df1d0e6bc6435de63a0d69cdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bedb7ce080690d0d6172db790790c1219bcbdd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f782c27907f306c664b6614fd6f264ac32cce6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/824ac4a5edd3f7494ab1996826c4f47f8ef0f63d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96301fdc2d533a196197c055af875fe33d47ef84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8944d449fda9f58c03bd99649b2df09948fc874
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5b47a370177d79ae7773858042c107e21f8ecc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc843d3837ebcb1c16d3768ef3eb55e25d5331f2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46844.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46844