PT-2025-53143 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2022-50777

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A reference count leak exists in the xgmiitorgmii probe function within the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel. The of phy find device function returns a device node with an incremented reference count, which is not released when it is no longer needed. This can lead to a resource leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50777

RHSA-2024:2394

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 1180

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50777.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50777 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50777 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71087 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53862 · Note