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Full vulnerability report · 2026

CVE-2026-68449High confidence

ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ tag completion bit-scanning

Linux · Linux

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Recommended action

Needs assessment

No CVSS base score is available from the CNA, CISA ADP or NIST. Absence of a score is not evidence of low risk; review the vendor advisory, affected exposure and exploit evidence.

Patch available

Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

20 package states

Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu release	Source package	Vendor state	Fixed version	Evidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-aws`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-azure`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-azure-fde`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-azure-nvidia`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-gcp`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-gke`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-gkeop`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-ibm`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-lowlatency`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-nvidia`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-nvidia-lowlatency`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-nvidia-tegra`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-oem-6.11`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-oracle`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-raspi`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-raspi-realtime`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-realtime`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-riscv`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive	`linux-xilinx`	Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.	`Not published in this feed`	Canonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026

Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current

CVE-2026-68449 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securitykernel: ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ tag completion bit-scanning

185 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-bootwrapper as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-kdump as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-kdump-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Summary: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `sata_dwc_460ex` component. A hand-rolled bit-scanning loop in the NCQ tag completion path contains an infinite loop bug. When a specific `tag_mask` value is processed, the loop can overflow, causing an infinite loop in a hard interrupt request (hardirq) context while a spinlock is held. This can lead to a system hang or crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Remediation: Fix deferred

Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current

ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-57055

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

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.

EUVD state: Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation: Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score: 0.0
Advisory evidence: No linked advisory details stored yet

Recommended actionNeeds assessment

No CVSS base score is available from the CNA, CISA ADP or NIST. Absence of a score is not evidence of low risk; review the vendor advisory, affected exposure and exploit evidence.

Patch available

What, why and how

What

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

An attacker operating through the affected interface may attempt exploitation when the stated preconditions are met. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation

Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.

No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material

Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.

None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path: the affected interface → vulnerable operation → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface: Unspecified
Privileges required: Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
User interaction: Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
Attack complexity: Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
Security boundary: Not stated in the selected CVSS metric
Weakness ? CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration.: CWE not yet assigned
CVSS vector ? CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.: Not available from the selected scoring authority.
Post-exploitation / living off the land: No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-57055Official EUVD mapping

Official EUVD record

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-2799Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen, darunter möglicherweise die Ausführung von beliebigem Code, die Offenlegung von Informationen, die Manipulation von Daten oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände.

Official advisory

CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1069Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS

d?id=CVE-2026-68433 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68434 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68434 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68437 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68437 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68439 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68439 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68442 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68442 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68443 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68443 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68444 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68444 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68445 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68445 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68446 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68446 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68449 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68449 Référence CVE CVE-2026-68450 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68450 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72015 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72017 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72017 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72023 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72030 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72030 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72032 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72032 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72040 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72040 Référence CVE CVE-2026-72045 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status ? Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.: Patch available
Affected: bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-bootwrapper as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-kdump as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-kdump-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-debug-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-trace as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-trace-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt-trace-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-rt.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-tools-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel-tools-libs-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; python-perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 155 more
Fixed: < 2.6.36; 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
Action: Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround: No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.

Evidence and provenance

Published 12 Aug 2026 · Last source change 19 Aug 2026, 16:35 UTC · CWE not yet assigned

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2

CVSS sourceUnavailable

EPSS source

The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.

FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14

European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-57055

Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security

Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security

CWE sourceUnavailable

NVD statusNVD received

Missing structured fields: CVSS base score, CWE classification. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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19 Aug 2026, 16:35 UTC
Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed from authoritative remediation link to authoritative remediation link.
Before
authoritative remediation link
After
authoritative remediation link
CNA ↗
19 Aug 2026, 16:35 UTC
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 4c6e64cae2b2dab32ad9099faa339f6a72c0ce16; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 8c5de0d8ab6824cfdadcbbe1be4c6c9d9f4c1f80; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 1842d45f461a78988254631893329bdf4596e954; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 29b916d3556bd12a95be7c56ca391b8cd572f8be; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < c2130f6553f4a5cbdc259de069600117a995f197; 2.6.36 · Fixed: < 2.6.36; 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
After
62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < ea9fa4dabe476f85fe73df30a6ab61a23c22fda4; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < d72e8089dc332ac48293512ef0de77cbe0e04d25; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 4c6e64cae2b2dab32ad9099faa339f6a72c0ce16; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 8c5de0d8ab6824cfdadcbbe1be4c6c9d9f4c1f80; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 1842d45f461a78988254631893329bdf4596e954; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 29b916d3556bd12a95be7c56ca391b8cd572f8be; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < c2130f6553f4a5cbdc259de069600117a995f197; 2.6.36 · Fixed: < 2.6.36; 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
CNA ↗
17 Aug 2026, 05:05 UTC
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 4c6e64cae2b2dab32ad9099faa339f6a72c0ce16; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 8c5de0d8ab6824cfdadcbbe1be4c6c9d9f4c1f80; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 1842d45f461a78988254631893329bdf4596e954; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 29b916d3556bd12a95be7c56ca391b8cd572f8be; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < c2130f6553f4a5cbdc259de069600117a995f197; 2.6.36 · Fixed: < 2.6.36; 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2-rc4 ≤ *
After
62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 4c6e64cae2b2dab32ad9099faa339f6a72c0ce16; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 8c5de0d8ab6824cfdadcbbe1be4c6c9d9f4c1f80; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 1842d45f461a78988254631893329bdf4596e954; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < 29b916d3556bd12a95be7c56ca391b8cd572f8be; 62936009f35a6659cc3ebe0d90c754182d60da73 < c2130f6553f4a5cbdc259de069600117a995f197; 2.6.36 · Fixed: < 2.6.36; 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
CNA ↗

2026-08-12CVE published

2026-08-19Fixed release or patch reference recorded

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-57055↗Vendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗

Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report

CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS: Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS: Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE: Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA: CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD: National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT: A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC: Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF: Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL: Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.