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CVE-2026-23370

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data set_new_password() hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking credentials.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in 9bbb420f202834363e1e25435e49db0a385c2232; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in 411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in 0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in 5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc; From e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d · fixed in d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c

  • Linux Linux

    5.11

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.203; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.167; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.130; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.77; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.17; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 6.19.7

References 7

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