Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-8946

Description

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Ecryptfs/Ecryptfs Utils
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=110

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1nvdThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3nvd
bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857nvd
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282nvd

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