Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.0.4+svn26-1 Severity: wishlist File: /sbin/cryptsetup
dm-crypt has data corruption issues, and this includes the luks header. a tool to repair the luks header so that you can run fsck on the fs would be useful. it might be that most of the data are ok. this could take the form of an fsck-like repair, or a similar partition's header to repair the header, or a luksRestore from a backed up luksDump. i'm sure there are issues with each of these, but it seems likely that *something* can be done. there was brief discussion on the dm-crypt mailing list about how to repair luks headers and that might be a place to start. data corruption reports can be found via google, and on the dm-crypt mailing list. many, including mine, are hard to reproduce. fwiw, here is mine: message 2007-07-01 02:59:28 GMT on http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt . there is a well-known and probably fixed issue with 2.6.18 and raid 5, and there are issues that do not involve that kernel and do not involve raid 5. i suspect that even 2.6.22rc7 is vulnerable. thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18myver-2007-06-q Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on: ii dmsetup 2:1.02.08-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevma 2:1.02.08-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libgcryp 1.2.3-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgpg-e 1.4-1 library for common error values an ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libuuid1 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 universally unique id library cryptsetup recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
