{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97978","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:18:58.208Z","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:23:15.831Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T10:23:15.831Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T10:23:15.831Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h"],"versions":[{"version":"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d","lessThan":"ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d","lessThan":"0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d","lessThan":"c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d","lessThan":"b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h"],"versions":[{"version":"5.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b"}],"title":"eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}