# CVE-2025-39674: scsi: ufs: ufs-qcom: Fix ESI null pointer dereference

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UFS driver causes a crash when Enhanced System Interrupt allocation fails, requiring a patch.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-39674, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39674, GHSA-mg6h-9rrq-3f7m, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39674

## What is CVE-2025-39674?

CVE-2025-39674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Sep 2025. 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: ufs-qcom: Fix ESI null pointer dereference

ESI/MSI is a performance optimization feature that provides dedicated
interrupts per MCQ hardware queue. This is optional feature and UFS MCQ
should work with and without ESI feature.

Commit e46a28cea29a ("scsi: ufs: qcom: Remove the MSI descriptor abuse")
brings a regression in ESI (Enhanced System Interrupt) configuration that
causes a null pointer dereference when Platform MSI allocation fails.

The issue occurs in when platform_device_msi_init_and_alloc_irqs() in
ufs_qcom_config_esi() fails (returns -EINVAL) but the current code uses
__free() macro for automatic cleanup free MSI resources that were never
successfully allocated.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 0000000000000008

  Call trace:
  mutex_lock+0xc/0x54 (P)
  platform_device_msi_free_irqs_all+0x1c/0x40
  ufs_qcom_config_esi+0x1d0/0x220 [ufs_qcom]
  ufshcd_config_mcq+0x28/0x104
  ufshcd_init+0xa3c/0xf40
  ufshcd_pltfrm_init+0x504/0x7d4
  ufs_qcom_probe+0x20/0x58 [ufs_qcom]

Fix by restructuring the ESI configuration to try MSI allocation first,
before any other resource allocation and instead use explicit cleanup
instead of __free() macro to avoid cleanup of unallocated resources.

Tested on SM8750 platform with MCQ enabled, both with and without
Platform ESI support.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39674?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39674?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-39674 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Sep 2025. 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-2025-39674 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-2025-39674/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39674/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39674
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39674
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39674

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