CVE-2016-6224

Impact

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

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/