Bug 2425168 (CVE-2022-50777) - CVE-2022-50777 kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service due to reference count leak
Summary: CVE-2022-50777 kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service due to reference count leak
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50777
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 14:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-01-02 13:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 14:08:05 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-24 21:33:07 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122400-CVE-2022-50777-d1e3@gregkh/T
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