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

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97978`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97978`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to before 385aa7dbc6af11d90a5dd1261dbe75950eb7ca93` (git)
  - affected: `3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to before ae230874e3ba27e975a9bb21a6ffd05d6a2ea318` (git)
  - affected: `3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to before 0b0d2f9db2406aa541a8bc3737f4f4aae1cafde9` (git)
  - affected: `3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to before c42db35518bb0eae42ec955520eee0aa94a4a6fe` (git)
  - affected: `3089cf6d3caa1eb344aac05c875f4aeaf891552d to before b8bf9bfda5f62e11444e483c2b4aaff90c5cfc6b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97978](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97978)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97978](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97978)

### References from the CNA

- <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>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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