CVE-2026-52970 Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.78.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-19281545
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-52970  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-default-livepatch to version 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1