CVE-2022-50777 json
net: phy: xgmiitorgmii: Fix refcount leak in xgmiitorgmii_probe
published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55784
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 4.10, 4.14.303, 4.19, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5, 6.2
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.7-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50777
- linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-208.220
- linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-144.161
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1153.166
- linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.105
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1101.110
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.38
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50777
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- kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
- kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2394
- kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
- kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
- kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/53526dbc8aa6b95e9fc2ab1e29b1a9145721da24 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b0b1ff525d9be4babf5a148a4de0d50042d95d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/00616bd1913a4f879679e02dc08c2f501ca2bd4c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/106d0d33c9d1ec4ddeeffc1fdc717ff09953d4ed commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d112f001612c79927c1ecf29522b34c4fa292e0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/52841e71253e6ace72751c72560950474a57d04c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee84d37a5f08ed1121cdd16f8f3ed87552087a21 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d039535850ee47079d59527e96be18d8e0daa84b commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2022-50777 updated cvss 4.0
kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service due to reference count leak
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 moreaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +28 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +4 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2394
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/53526dbc8aa6b95e9fc2ab1e29b1a9145721da24
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/78b0b1ff525d9be4babf5a148a4de0d50042d95d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/00616bd1913a4f879679e02dc08c2f501ca2bd4c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/106d0d33c9d1ec4ddeeffc1fdc717ff09953d4ed
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/4d112f001612c79927c1ecf29522b34c4fa292e0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/52841e71253e6ace72751c72560950474a57d04c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ee84d37a5f08ed1121cdd16f8f3ed87552087a21
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d039535850ee47079d59527e96be18d8e0daa84b
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-50777
- NVD CVE-2022-50777
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