CVE-2024-46844: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.19.322 (fixed in 4.19.322); from 4.20, before 5.4.284 (fixed in 5.4.284); from 5.5, before 5.10.226 (fixed in 5.10.226); from 5.11, before 5.15.167 (fixed in 5.15.167); from 5.16, before 6.1.110 (fixed in 6.1.110); from 6.2, before 6.6.51 (fixed in 6.6.51); …

Published 2024-09-27. Last modified 2026-08-04.