{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "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"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97978.json"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-97978",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:44.312717450Z",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:23:15.831Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "eth: ice: don't dereference pointers from TP_printk()"
}