Ubuntu installer kills LUKS partitions without warning

[Brian Murray]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 04:11:12AM +0200, Arno Wagner wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 02:23:02PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> > 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
> 
> 
> Thanks, that seems to be it. 

Thank you for bringing it to your attention!

--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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