# CVE-2025-37828: scsi: ufs: mcq: Add NULL check in ufshcd\_mcq\_abort()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: ufs: mcq: Add NULL check in ufshcd_mcq_abort() A race can occur between the MCQ completion path and the abort handler: once a request completes, __blk_mq_free_request() sets rq->mq_hctx to NULL, meaning the subsequent ufshcd_mcq_req_to_hwq() call in ufshcd_mcq_abort() can return a NULL pointer. If this NULL pointer is dereferenced, the kernel will crash. Add a NULL check for the returned hwq pointer. If hwq is NULL, log an error and return FAILED, preventing a potential NULL-pointer dereference. As suggested by Bart, the ufshcd_cmd_inflight() check is removed. This is similar to the fix in commit 74736103fb41 ("scsi: ufs: core: Fix ufshcd_abort_one racing issue"). This is found by our static analysis tool KNighter.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6979fabe812a168d5053e5a41d5a2e9b8afd7bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d002f591486f5ef4bc02eb02025a53f931f0eb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47eec518aef3814f64a5da43df81bdd74d8c0041
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c324085062919d4e21c69e5e78456dcec0052fe

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