# CVE-2021-47188: scsi: ufs: core: Improve SCSI abort handling

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UFS driver can cause a system crash during SCSI abort handling.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47188, GHSA-c87m-qf5q-jcgf, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2021-47188, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47188

## What is CVE-2021-47188?

CVE-2021-47188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: ufs: core: Improve SCSI abort handling

The following has been observed on a test setup:

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 250 at drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c:2737 ufshcd_queuecommand+0x468/0x65c
Call trace:
 ufshcd_queuecommand+0x468/0x65c
 scsi_send_eh_cmnd+0x224/0x6a0
 scsi_eh_test_devices+0x248/0x418
 scsi_eh_ready_devs+0xc34/0xe58
 scsi_error_handler+0x204/0x80c
 kthread+0x150/0x1b4
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

That warning is triggered by the following statement:

	WARN_ON(lrbp->cmd);

Fix this warning by clearing lrbp->cmd from the abort handler.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47188?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.