Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2022-50624
CVE-2022-50624
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: netsec: fix error handling in netsec_register_mdio()
If phy_device_register() fails, phy_device_free() need be called to put refcount, so memory of phy device and device name can be freed in callback function.
If get_phy_device() fails, mdiobus_unregister() need be called, or it will cause warning in mdiobus_free() and kobject is leaked.
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e0bee973ef6fc3c1e3acb014515eaea37c8fa17nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f0a08e82a6312efd7df7f595c0b11d4ffde610nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/728884b22d83148a330b23f9472f1e118b589211nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/846e677daf51220d7975c61a20e440a88473951envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94423589689124e8cd145b38a1034be7f25835b2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fda2d07234a21be4d71ebfe97a45f499726902d6nvd
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