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authorOndrej Kozina <okozina@redhat.com>2022-01-11 17:18:40 +0100
committerMilan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>2022-01-12 18:38:22 +0100
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Allow reencryption metadata repair from cryptsetup.
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@@ -834,6 +834,13 @@ are fixable. This command will only change the LUKS header, not
any key-slot data. You may enforce LUKS version by adding \-\-type
option.
+It also repairs (upgrades) LUKS2 reencryption metadata by adding
+metadata digest that protects it against malicious changes.
+
+If LUKS2 reencryption was interrupted in the middle of writting
+reencryption segment the repair command can be used to perform
+reencryption recovery so that reencryption can continue later.
+
\fBWARNING:\fR Always create a binary backup of the original
header before calling this command.
.PP