# CVE-2024-46844: um: line: always fill \*error\_out in setup\_one\_line()

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.4

## 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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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bedb7ce080690d0d6172db790790c1219bcbdd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96301fdc2d533a196197c055af875fe33d47ef84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8944d449fda9f58c03bd99649b2df09948fc874
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f782c27907f306c664b6614fd6f264ac32cce6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/289979d64573f43df1d0e6bc6435de63a0d69cdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5b47a370177d79ae7773858042c107e21f8ecc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc843d3837ebcb1c16d3768ef3eb55e25d5331f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/824ac4a5edd3f7494ab1996826c4f47f8ef0f63d

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