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CVE-2016-6224
LOW · CVSS 3.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-07-22T14:59:01.787 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:39.310

Summary

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 products

ecryptfs — ecryptfs-utils

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References

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