diff --git a/distributed/comm/tests/test_ucx.py b/distributed/comm/tests/test_ucx.py
index 581e17b8027..72e50b1b1b9 100644
--- a/distributed/comm/tests/test_ucx.py
+++ b/distributed/comm/tests/test_ucx.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from distributed import Client, Scheduler, wait
 from distributed.comm import connect, listen, parse_address, ucx
+from distributed.comm.core import CommClosedError
 from distributed.comm.registry import backends, get_backend
 from distributed.deploy.local import LocalCluster
 from distributed.diagnostics.nvml import has_cuda_context
@@ -367,3 +368,15 @@ async def test_ucx_unreachable(
 ):
     with pytest.raises(OSError, match="Timed out trying to connect to"):
         await Client("ucx://255.255.255.255:12345", timeout=1, asynchronous=True)
+
+
+@gen_test()
+async def test_comm_closed_on_read_error():
+    reader, writer = await get_comm_pair()
+
+    # Depending on the UCP protocol selected, it may raise either
+    # `asyncio.TimeoutError` or `CommClosedError`, so validate either one.
+    with pytest.raises((asyncio.TimeoutError, CommClosedError)):
+        await asyncio.wait_for(reader.read(), 0.01)
+
+    assert reader.closed()
diff --git a/distributed/comm/ucx.py b/distributed/comm/ucx.py
index 16ce82d49d2..9c73a538156 100644
--- a/distributed/comm/ucx.py
+++ b/distributed/comm/ucx.py
@@ -325,12 +325,14 @@ async def read(self, deserializers=("cuda", "dask", "pickle", "error")):
             await self.ep.recv(header)
             header = struct.unpack(header_fmt, header)
             cuda_frames, sizes = header[:nframes], header[nframes:]
-        except (
-            ucp.exceptions.UCXCloseError,
-            ucp.exceptions.UCXCanceled,
-        ) + (getattr(ucp.exceptions, "UCXConnectionReset", ()),):
+        except BaseException as e:
+            # In addition to UCX exceptions, may be CancelledError or a another
+            # "low-level" exception. The only safe thing to do is to abort.
+            # (See also https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/6574).
             self.abort()
-            raise CommClosedError("Connection closed by writer")
+            raise CommClosedError(
+                f"Connection closed by writer.\nInner exception: {e!r}"
+            )
         else:
             # Recv frames
             frames = [