Ubuntu installer kills LUKS partitions without warning

[Brian Murray]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:06:02PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Arno Wagner (arno at wagner.name) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > first, I don't have Ubuntu and I don't plan on using it.
> > As I did not find another way that allows me to report 
> > a serious issue without subscribing to something, I use
> > this venue.
> > 
> > 
> > Please forward this to the Ubuntu installer development team.
> > 
> > 
> > The dm-crypt mailing list (archive here:
> > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt)
> > has had several reports that the Ubuntu installer creates 
> > new LUKS partitions (encrypted partitions) on top of exisiting
> > ones without giving adequate warning and at the same time
> > giving the impression that the existing LUKS partition would be
> > activated. The rather clear warning and verification question 
> > asked by the cryptsetup tool seems to get disabled with the
> > "--batch-mode" option.
> > 
> > This causes irreversible loss of all data! Nothing 
> > (in the cryptographically strong sense) can be done
> > to get the data back!
> 
> The bug below seems to be the equivalent of what is being 
> described on the list:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-crypto/+bug/194946
> (from 2008)
> 
> The good news is it's marked as high priority - the bad news
> is it's been high priority for over a year.

When I looked into this yesterday I found a different bug,
http://launchpad.net/bugs/420080, which I've taken steps to ensure that
it gets looked at and documented for 11.04.

Thanks,
--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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