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Vulnerability in cryptsetup Allows Decrypting Part of LUKS2-Encrypted Device

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Bobby Borisov
Jan 18, 2022

An attacker with physical access to the medium could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.

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