Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-835
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-665
CWE-672

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ tag completion bit-scanning
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T00:51:47.140Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.395Z

Link: CVE-2026-68449

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T01:17:07.810

Modified: 2026-08-12T01:17:07.810

Link: CVE-2026-68449

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-68449 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-08-13T13:45:03Z

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