---
id: CVE-2025-68371
title: 'scsi: smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal

  Correct possible race conditions during device removal.

  Previously, a scheduled work item to reset …
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    7dfa5a5516ec3c6b9b6c22ee18f0eb2df3f38ef2
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    6d2390653d82cad0e1ba2676e536dd99678f6ef1
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    eccc02ba1747501d92bb2049e3ce378ba372f641
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    4e1acf1b6dd6dd0495bda139daafd7a403ae2dc1
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    1a5c5a2f88e839af5320216a02ffb075b668596a
  - >-
    Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 <
    b518e86d1a70a88f6592a7c396cf1b93493d1aab
  - Linux 6.0
published: '2025-12-24'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T08:43:17.357Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68371'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dfa5a5516ec3c6b9b6c22ee18f0eb2df3f38ef2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2390653d82cad0e1ba2676e536dd99678f6ef1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eccc02ba1747501d92bb2049e3ce378ba372f641'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1acf1b6dd6dd0495bda139daafd7a403ae2dc1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a5c5a2f88e839af5320216a02ffb075b668596a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b518e86d1a70a88f6592a7c396cf1b93493d1aab'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00193
epssPercentile: 0.07952
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.996Z'
---

## Overview

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

scsi: smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal

Correct possible race conditions during device removal.

Previously, a scheduled work item to reset a LUN could still execute
after the device was removed, leading to use-after-free and other
resource access issues.

This race condition occurs because the abort handler may schedule a LUN
reset concurrently with device removal via sdev_destroy(), leading to
use-after-free and improper access to freed resources.

  - Check in the device reset handler if the device is still present in
    the controller's SCSI device list before running; if not, the reset
    is skipped.

  - Cancel any pending TMF work that has not started in sdev_destroy().

  - Ensure device freeing in sdev_destroy() is done while holding the
    LUN reset mutex to avoid races with ongoing resets.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < 7dfa5a5516ec3c6b9b6c22ee18f0eb2df3f38ef2`
- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < 6d2390653d82cad0e1ba2676e536dd99678f6ef1`
- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < eccc02ba1747501d92bb2049e3ce378ba372f641`
- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < 4e1acf1b6dd6dd0495bda139daafd7a403ae2dc1`
- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < 1a5c5a2f88e839af5320216a02ffb075b668596a`
- `Linux >= 2d80f4054f7f901b8ad97358a9069616ac8524c7 < b518e86d1a70a88f6592a7c396cf1b93493d1aab`
- `Linux 6.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.