HighFix available
um: line: always fill *error_out in setup_one_line()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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().
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.322, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 5.4.284, 6.1.110, 6.10.10, 6.6.51
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-46844
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
um: line: always fill *error_out in setup_one_line()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 27 Sept 2024, 12:39 UTC
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().
osv:CVE-2024-46844
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.322, 5.4.284, 5.10.226, 5.15.167, 6.1.110, 6.6.51, 6.10.10
Complete source record
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