{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-89444","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.704Z","datePublished":"2026-09-11T19:43:12.076Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-14T11:59:54.589Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-14T11:59:54.589Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/biosattr-interface.c"],"versions":[{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"eb73b9d51490bec4f73ac6efdba5ac535fcfee74","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d","lessThan":"83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/biosattr-interface.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.221","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.188","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.157","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.109","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.50","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.4","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.221"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.188"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.157"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.109"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.50"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb73b9d51490bec4f73ac6efdba5ac535fcfee74"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71"}],"title":"platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}