{"id":"CVE-2026-97978","revision":"5bb88f5c40f7439a9a4c6b003b6e56d5","records":[{"revision":"5bb88f5c40f7439a9a4c6b003b6e56d5","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-97978","aliases":[],"title":"eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()","description":"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->q_vector->tx.tx_ring->q_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.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:23:15.831+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-21T12:53:56.446+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"385aa7dbc6af11d90a5dd1261dbe75950eb7ca93\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.14\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.14\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.160\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.111\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.53\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.7\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385aa7dbc6af11d90a5dd1261dbe75950eb7ca93","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97978","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-97978","identifiers":["CVE-2026-97978"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}