CVE-2015-8946

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Published 2016-07-22 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8946

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8946.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed111-1
debian debianbullseyefixed111-1
debian debianforkyfixed111-1
debian debiansidfixed111-1
debian debiantrixiefixed111-1
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ecryptfsecryptfs-utils{"endIncluding":"110"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.