The vulnerability of the set_new_password() function in the drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c driver for X86 Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the setnewpassword function in the drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c file of the Linux operating system’s X86 device driver module is related to the unencrypted storage of critical information. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an...

CVE-2026-23370: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data setnewpassword hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking...