CVE-2026-52970

A flaw was found in the netfilter: nftct component of the Linux kernel. The nftctexpectobjeval function allocates an expectation but fails to release its local reference. This oversight leads to a resource leak, which could potentially allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by...

CVE-2026-52970

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftct: fix missing expect put in obj eval nftctexpectobjeval allocates an expectation and may call nfctexpectrelated, but never drops its local reference. Add nfctexpectputexp before return to balance allocation...