{"id":"CVE-2026-97978","summary":"eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()","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":"2026-09-26T03:48:36.777984335Z","published":"2026-09-25T10:23:15.831Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97978.json"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97978.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97978"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d"},{"fixed":"ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318"},{"fixed":"0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9"},{"fixed":"c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe"},{"fixed":"b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97978.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.14.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.111"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.53"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97978.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}