# CVE-2026-53022: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: bound enumeration string aggregation

> A buffer overflow in the Dell WMI system management driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted firmware data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-53022, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53022, GHSA-43hp-gwh9-j233, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-53022, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-53022, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-53022, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53022

## What is CVE-2026-53022?

CVE-2026-53022 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: bound enumeration string aggregation

populate_enum_data() aggregates firmware-provided value-modifier
and possible-value strings into fixed 512-byte struct members.
The current code bounds each individual source string but then
appends every string and separator with raw strcat() and no
remaining-space check.

Switch the aggregation loops to a bounded append helper and
reject enumeration packages whose combined strings do not fit
in the destination buffers.

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## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53022?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-53022?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-53022 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-53022 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-53022 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53022/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53022/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53022
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53022
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53022

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