CVE-2016-6224

Publication date 22 July 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ecryptfs-utils	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 111-0ubuntu1.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 108-0ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

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This issue only occurs when systemd and GPT partitioning is in use on an NVMe or MMC drive

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
ecryptfs-utils	Upstream: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/859

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N