Re: [ANNOUNCE] cryptsetup 1.3.0-rc1 (test release candidate)

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Hey,

On 15/03/2011 Milan Broz wrote:
> On 03/15/2011 02:02 AM, Arno Wagner wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:45:59AM +0100, Rudolf Deilmann wrote:
> >> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:10:37 +0100
> 
> >> On my machine, $x greater than 90 results in different internal keys
> >> for 'cat keyfile | cryptsetup ' and 'cryptsetup --key-file keyfile'. If
> >> the key-file is even large, I get at least an error message. Sample
> >> keyfile ( x=91 ) attached or at http://pastebin.com/PeLUZ5a4, if the
> >> mailing list removes attachements. 
> > 
> > Wups, buffer overflow or cutdown (with the later being a whole
> > lot better, but still a problem)?
> 
> There are no fixed buffers :)
> 
> Increasing LOOPAES_KEYFILE_MAXSIZE helps.
> (it is clearly visible in debug output - when reading from stdout, it
> reads 8125 bytes, but from keyfile it is limited to 8000).
> 
> I will also limit LUKS keyfile in next version, mistake will cause problems
> (reading the whole device in locked memory -> OOPS or something like that).
> I guess max 8MB is enough? We have already limit on passphrase from terminal
> to 512 bytes.
> 
> Fixed in svn already.

please document these limits properly in the manpage.

greetings,
 jonas

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