High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-46844
CVE-2024-46844
Description
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().
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References
10- git.kernel.org/stable/c/289979d64573f43df1d0e6bc6435de63a0d69cdfnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bedb7ce080690d0d6172db790790c1219bcbdd5nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f782c27907f306c664b6614fd6f264ac32cce6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/824ac4a5edd3f7494ab1996826c4f47f8ef0f63dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/96301fdc2d533a196197c055af875fe33d47ef84nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8944d449fda9f58c03bd99649b2df09948fc874nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5b47a370177d79ae7773858042c107e21f8eccnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc843d3837ebcb1c16d3768ef3eb55e25d5331f2nvdPatch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.htmlnvd
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