CVE-2026-68449

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ ta...

CVE-2026-68449 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68449, released August 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
No vendor severity
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
5th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ tag completion bit-scanning The hand-rolled bit-scanning loop in the NCQ completion path has an infinite loop bug. When tag_mask has only high bits set (e.g. 0x80000000), the inner while loop left-shifts tag_mask until it overflows to 0. At that point !(0 & 1) is always true and 0 <<= 1 stays 0, causing an infinite loop in hardirq context with a spinlock held. Replace the open-coded bit-scanning with __ffs() which correctly finds the least significant set bit and is bounded by the width of the argument.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.101-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68449 Aug 13, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68449 Aug 13, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.101-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68449 Aug 13, 2026

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