CVE-2026-23370: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.11.1, before 5.15.203 (fixed in 5.15.203); from 5.16, before 6.1.167 (fixed in 6.1.167); from 6.2, before 6.6.130 (fixed in 6.6.130); from 6.7, before 6.12.77 (fixed in 6.12.77); from 6.13, before 6.18.17 (fixed in 6.18.17); from 6.19, before 6.19.7 (fixed in 6.19.7); …

Published 2026-03-25. Last modified 2026-07-14.