What is CVE-2022-50777?

CVE-2022-50777 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.14.74 onward and patched in 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229 and others. CVE-2022-50777 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50777?

CVE-2022-50777 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50777?

Yes, CVE-2022-50777 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14.74 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50777 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50777 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.14.74, 4.9.131, 4.18.12, 4.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.14.74 ≥ 4.9.131 ≥ 4.18.12 ≥ 4.19

Fixed in

✓ 4.14.303 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.270 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.229 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.87 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.19 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.5 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50777?

CVE-2022-50777 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.14.74 onward and has been patched in 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229 and others. CVE-2022-50777 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50777?

Yes. CVE-2022-50777 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14.74 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50777 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-50777 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.