{"id":"AZL-104172","summary":"CVE-2026-97978 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()\n\nAfter forwarding net-next during the v7.3 merge window we started\nseeing:\n\n  TRACE EVENT ERROR: Event ice_tx_dim_work has double dereference in TP_printk: REC-\u003eq_vector-\u003etx.tx_ring-\u003eq_index\n  WARNING: kernel/trace/trace_events.c:420 at test_double_dereference.cold+0x39/0x4b\n\nthis is due to extra checks added in tracing subsystem in\ncommit b5cc230af5e5 (\"tracing: Warn when an event dereferences a pointer in TP_printk()\").\n\nPrinting happens long after the event was recorded, by which point\nthe pointers may be invalid (the ring or the dim instance).\nCopy the eight scalars into the event instead.","modified":"2026-09-27T05:34:32Z","published":"2026-09-25T11:17:25Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-97978"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97978"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-104172.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}