Linux kernel Dell-WMI-Sysman plaintext password hex dump vulnerability
CVE-2026-23370 Published on March 25, 2026
platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-23370
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870 is affected.
- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below 411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854 is affected.
- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below 0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52 is affected.
- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below 5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede is affected.
- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc is affected.
- Version e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d and below d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c is affected.
- Version 5.11 is affected.
- Before 5.11 is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.167, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.130, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.77, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.17, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.19.7, <= 6.19.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.0-rc3, <= * is unaffected.