CVE-2022-50777
Published Dec 24, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: xgmiitorgmii: Fix refcount leak in xgmiitorgmii_probe of_phy_find_device() return device node with refcount incremented. Call put_device() to relese it when not needed anymore.
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References
Other References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00616bd1913a4f879679e02dc08c2f501ca2bd4c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/106d0d33c9d1ec4ddeeffc1fdc717ff09953d4ed
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d112f001612c79927c1ecf29522b34c4fa292e0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52841e71253e6ace72751c72560950474a57d04c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53526dbc8aa6b95e9fc2ab1e29b1a9145721da24
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b0b1ff525d9be4babf5a148a4de0d50042d95d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d039535850ee47079d59527e96be18d8e0daa84b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee84d37a5f08ed1121cdd16f8f3ed87552087a21
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-50777? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: xgmiitorgmii: Fix refcount leak in xgmiitorgmii_probe
of_phy_find_device() return device node with refcount incremented.
Call put_device() to relese it when not needed anymore.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-50777? +
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