Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-46996

Description

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

netfilter: nftables: Fix a memleak from userdata error path in new objects

Release object name if userdata allocation fails.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Linux/Kernelcpe-rescue3 versions
5.10+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.10
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.10,<5.10.38
- (no CPE)

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