From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: "Prasanth Ksr" <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>,
"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
"Mario Limonciello" <mario.limonciello@dell.com>,
"Divya Bharathi" <divya.bharathi@dell.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:30:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260303113050.58127-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
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.
Fixes: e8a60aa7404b ("platform/x86: Introduce support for Systems Management Driver over WMI for Dell Systems")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
.../platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c
index 86ec962aace9..e586f7957946 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passwordattr-interface.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ int set_new_password(const char *password_type, const char *new)
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
- print_hex_dump_bytes("set new password data: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, buffer, buffer_size);
ret = call_password_interface(wmi_priv.password_attr_wdev, buffer, buffer_size);
/* on success copy the new password to current password */
if (!ret)
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
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2026-03-03 11:30 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-03-03 12:46 ` [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data Ilpo Järvinen
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