[Bug 2070066] [NEW] dracut does not support booting from an encrypted ZFS volume

[Benjamin Drung]

Public bug reported:

Dracut does not support booting from an encrypted ZFS volume. Steps to
reproduce:

1. In a VM install Ubuntu 24.10 with an encrypted ZFS volume
2. Install dracut afterwards: sudo apt install dracut zfs-dracut
3. Add rd.shell to the boot arguments
4. Reboot

The boot will fail:

```
dracut-pre-mount[817]: Warning: ZFS: Key /run/keystore/rpool/system.key for rpool hasn't appeared. Trying anyway.
dracut-pre-mount[863]: Key load error: Failed to open key material file: No such file or directory
[FAILED] Failed to mount sysroot.mount - /sysroot.
```

The initrd should have asked for the password, but it did not.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: dracut-core 102-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jun 21 09:35:42 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-06-20 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Daily amd64 (20240617)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: dracut
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: dracut (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: zfs-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oracular wayland-session

** Also affects: zfs-linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: amd64 apport-bug oracular wayland-session

** Changed in: dracut (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: dracut (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  dracut does not support booting from an encrypted ZFS volume

Status in dracut package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Dracut does not support booting from an encrypted ZFS volume. Steps to
  reproduce:

  1. In a VM install Ubuntu 24.10 with an encrypted ZFS volume
  2. Install dracut afterwards: sudo apt install dracut zfs-dracut
  3. Add rd.shell to the boot arguments
  4. Reboot

  The boot will fail:

  ```
  dracut-pre-mount[817]: Warning: ZFS: Key /run/keystore/rpool/system.key for rpool hasn't appeared. Trying anyway.
  dracut-pre-mount[863]: Key load error: Failed to open key material file: No such file or directory
  [FAILED] Failed to mount sysroot.mount - /sysroot.
  ```

  The initrd should have asked for the password, but it did not.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: dracut-core 102-3ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Jun 21 09:35:42 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-06-20 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Daily amd64 (20240617)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: dracut
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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