CVE-2016-6224 (GCVE-0-2016-6224)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-07-22 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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