CVE-2026-97978 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318 (excl.)
  • affected from 3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to 0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9 (excl.)
  • affected from 3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe (excl.)
  • affected from 3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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