CVE-2022-50777
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Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-29

Assigner: kernel.org

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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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-29
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2022-50777
EUVD
EUVD-2022-55784
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a reference count leak in the Linux kernel's network PHY driver xgmiitorgmii. Specifically, the function of_phy_find_device() returns a device node with its reference count incremented, but the code did not properly call put_device() to release it when it was no longer needed, causing a resource leak.

Impact Analysis

The reference count leak can lead to resource exhaustion in the kernel, potentially causing degraded system performance or instability over time as resources are not properly freed.

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