Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6224

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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Ecryptfs/Ecryptfs Utils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=110
- (no CPE)
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords7 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 103-8.3.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1

cvss	0.214
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2016-6224

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