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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026· Updated Sep 8, 2026

CVE-2026-52970

CVE-2026-52970

Description

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

netfilter: nft_ct: fix missing expect put in obj eval

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

Add nf_ct_expect_put(exp) before return to balance allocation.

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