CVE-2026-89444

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb73b9d51490bec4f73ac6efdba5ac535fcfee74

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-11 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-14 13:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-89444

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89444

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89444

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Products Affected

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CWE

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