Bug 2532198 (CVE-2026-89444) - CVE-2026-89444 kernel: Linux kernel: dell-wmi-sysman driver discloses plaintext admin password in kernel logs
Summary: CVE-2026-89444 kernel: Linux kernel: dell-wmi-sysman driver discloses plainte...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89444
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-11 21:16 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 21:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 21:16:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer

set_attribute() populates the security area of the BIOS attribute request
buffer with the current admin password via populate_security_buffer(), then
dumps the whole request buffer with print_hex_dump_bytes(). This can expose
the plaintext admin password in the kernel log.

The same issue was fixed for the password attribute path by
commit d1a196e0a6dc ("platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump
plaintext password data"). Remove the remaining dump from the BIOS
attribute path.


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