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CVE-2016-6224

N/A
Published: July 22, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEcryptfs Utils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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