Security Advisory

CVE-2022-50624

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-12-08 01:16:38
Last updated 2026-05-11 19:22:26
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

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.