PT-2026-51864 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

CVE-2026-52970

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Published

2026-05-07

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Updated

2026-09-07

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the netfilter module where the nft ct expect obj eval() function allocates an expectation and may call nf ct expect related(), but fails to drop its local reference. This results in a reference imbalance during the allocation process.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-13928
CVE-2026-52970
ECHO-F034-9630-2087
OESA-2026-2930
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23193-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23194-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23241-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23244-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3790-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3810-1
USN-8566-1
USN-8567-1
USN-8568-1
USN-8569-1
USN-8574-1
USN-8574-2
USN-8574-3
USN-8575-1
USN-8575-2
USN-8575-3
USN-8576-1
USN-8576-2
USN-8593-1
USN-8595-1
USN-8595-2
USN-8595-3
USN-8596-1
USN-8603-1
USN-8606-1
USN-8607-1
USN-8608-1
USN-8609-1
USN-8610-1
USN-8618-1
USN-8619-1
USN-8620-1
USN-8620-2
USN-8620-3
USN-8620-4
USN-8663-1
USN-8664-1
USN-8665-1
USN-8668-1
USN-8728-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu