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GHSA-QVVW-8673-33G5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-25 12:30 – Updated: 2026-03-25 12:30

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2026-03-25T12:30:24Z",
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CVE-2026-23370 (GCVE-0-2026-23370)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 10:27 – Updated: 2026-03-25 10:27

Title

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

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e785bd62d2ac23c…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411ba3cd837f7825c…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6115c2f2facaed9…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de34126fb2edf8ab…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78e74adc5cfff7af…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a196e0a6dcddd03…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870 (git)
Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < 411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854 (git)
Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < 0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52 (git)
Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < 5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede (git)
Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc (git)
Affected: e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d , < d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-QVVW-8673-33G5

CVE-2026-23370 (GCVE-0-2026-23370)

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