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CVE-2022-50777

kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service due to reference count leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 24, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with low privileges and physical access could exploit a reference count leak in the xgmiitorgmii_probe function. This vulnerability could lead to resource exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS), which means the system may become unresponsive or crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime