{"id":"CVE-2026-89444","revision":"ce339efe58dd4b9a9470becb0c0f0017","records":[{"revision":"ce339efe58dd4b9a9470becb0c0f0017","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-89444","aliases":[],"title":"platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer\n\nset_attribute() populates the security area of the BIOS attribute request\nbuffer with the current admin password via populate_security_buffer(), then\ndumps the whole request buffer with print_hex_dump_bytes(). This can expose\nthe plaintext admin password in the kernel log.\n\nThe same issue was fixed for the password attribute path by\ncommit d1a196e0a6dc (\"platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump\nplaintext password data\"). Remove the remaining dump from the BIOS\nattribute path.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-11T19:43:12.076+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T08:46:53.734+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/biosattr-interface.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n      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\"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/biosattr-interface.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.11\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.11\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.15.221\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.188\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.157\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.109\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.50\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.4\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["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/ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb73b9d51490bec4f73ac6efdba5ac535fcfee74","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89444","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-89444","identifiers":["CVE-2026-89444"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}