CVE-2026-52970

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52970
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-52970.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-52970
Downstream
Published
2026-06-24T16:28:48.882Z
Modified
2026-07-12T03:54:57.783565634Z
Summary
netfilter: nft_ct: fix missing expect put in obj eval
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nft_ct: fix missing expect put in obj eval

nftctexpectobjeval() allocates an expectation and may call nfctexpect_related(), but never drops its local reference.

Add nfctexpect_put(exp) before return to balance allocation.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/52xxx/CVE-2026-52970.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
857b46027d6f91150797295752581b7155b9d0e1
Fixed
cdb9a25dd3416d427e8b2753210f8baf44207577
Fixed
26ab32ec73941871c97562ee1f39587950dc3b68
Fixed
7b96242ceedfe249f158419f3254bcee04173ffe
Fixed
ecca618e1e339494911090474ed87742c0f73976
Fixed
2aef1b13d5c0285f340512c6c07eb858fd018fd8
Fixed
1dced0725e2fae3ac3416274db20a7ff5a46931d
Fixed
84c422cea5a45fe56be839f25880f21fd33940cd
Fixed
19f94b6fee75b3ef7fbc06f3745b9a771a8a19a4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-52970.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.3.0
Fixed
5.10.258
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.209
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.175
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.141
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.91
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.33
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.0.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-52970.json"