CVE-2026-97978

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97978
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97978.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-97978
Downstream
Published
2026-09-25T10:23:15Z
Modified
2026-09-26T03:48:36Z
Summary
eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()
Details

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

eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()

After forwarding net-next during the v7.3 merge window we started seeing:

TRACE EVENT ERROR: Event ice_tx_dim_work has double dereference in TP_printk: REC->q_vector->tx.tx_ring->q_index WARNING: kernel/trace/trace_events.c:420 at test_double_dereference.cold+0x39/0x4b

this is due to extra checks added in tracing subsystem in commit b5cc230af5e5 ("tracing: Warn when an event dereferences a pointer in TP_printk()").

Printing happens long after the event was recorded, by which point the pointers may be invalid (the ring or the dim instance). Copy the eight scalars into the event instead.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97978.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

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"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected 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"