CVE-2016-6224: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils: up to and including 110

Published 2016-07-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.