CVE-2021-46996

Published: Feb 28, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	affected `b131c96496b369c7b14125e7c50e89ac7cec8051 - < 2c784a500f5edd337258b0fdb2f31bc9abde1a23` affected `b131c96496b369c7b14125e7c50e89ac7cec8051 - < 59fa98bfa1f4013d658d990cac88c87b46ff410c` affected `b131c96496b369c7b14125e7c50e89ac7cec8051 - < dd3bebf515f336214a91994348a2b86b9a1d3d7f` affected `b131c96496b369c7b14125e7c50e89ac7cec8051 - < 85dfd816fabfc16e71786eda0a33a7046688b5b0`
Linux	Linux	affected `5.10` unaffected `0 - < 5.10` unaffected `5.10.38 - <= 5.10.` unaffected `5.11.22 - <= 5.11.` unaffected `5.12.5 - <= 5.12.*` +1 more versions

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c784a500f5edd337258b0fdb2f31bc9abde1a23

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fa98bfa1f4013d658d990cac88c87b46ff410c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd3bebf515f336214a91994348a2b86b9a1d3d7f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85dfd816fabfc16e71786eda0a33a7046688b5b0

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CVE-2021-46996

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