Bug#403075: [Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#403075: cryptsetup luksOpen can kill unrelated processes (out of memory killer)

[David Härdeman]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:07:25PM +0000, Rob Walker wrote:
>> Problem is I can't reproduce the bug with your commands either
>> (executing them as a regular user):
>>
>> (david at austin:~)$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foo bs=1k count=1024
>> 1024+0 records in
>> 1024+0 records out
>> 1048576 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.0060463 seconds, 173 MB/s
>> (david at austin:~)$ /sbin/cryptsetup luksOpen /tmp/foo /dev/mapper/_tmp_foo
>> Enter LUKS passphrase:
>> /tmp/foo is not a LUKS partition
>> Enter LUKS passphrase:
>> /tmp/foo is not a LUKS partition
>> Enter LUKS passphrase:
>> /tmp/foo is not a LUKS partition
>> Command failed: No key available with this passphrase.
>>
>> (david at austin:~)$
>>
>> Are you able to reproduce the error with the version of cryptsetup that
>> is currently in unstable?
>
>I can reproduce the bug using the cryptsetup from unstable.  I've also tried 
>it on another machine with the same results.

Ok, could you then provide me with the exact steps that you took to 
reproduce it cause so far I haven't managed to do so.

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David Härdeman