Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:35:01 +0200 | From | Jonas Meurer <> | Subject | Re: [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#541835: crypto configuration / dependencies broken |
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hey,
On 27/08/2009 Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:58:52 -0400 Celejar wrote: > > > I'm having a pretty bizarre problem with my kernel crypto > > configuration. I need support for a bog standard LUKS (aes / > > cbc-essiv:sha256) / cryptsetup installation, but even after I enable > > virtually everything in the crypto section of the kernel configs, cbc > > fails to load. All the relevant modules are exist (dm-mod, dm-crypt, > > crypto_blkcipher, crypto_algapi, crypto_hash, aes_generic, > > sha256_generic), but even after modprobing / insmoding > > everything, /proc/crypto shows that aes and sha is there, but not cbc. > > > > The problem has been reproduced (using my kernel config) by Jonas > > Meurer, the Debian cryptsetup maintainer, so it's not just me ;). > > We've tried numerous different kernel versions in the .30 / .31 range. > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=541835 > > > > Does this mean that something else somewhere in the kernel needs to be > > configured but isn't, and the necessary dependency isn't properly > > declared? > > > > My config is at: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=45;filename=config-2.6.31-rc6-lizzie-00042-gb2add73;att=1;bug=541835 > > > > [I'm not subscribed to lkml; please cc me on responses] > > > You could try/test a patch that was just posted: > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/27/249
that patch seems to be for ecryptfs only, while Celejar uses dm-crypt. second, the patch just ensures that CRYPTO_ECB and CRYPTO_CBC are selected along with ECRYPT_FS. but Celejar does have both CRYPTO_ECB and CRYPTO_CBC selected.
the problem rather is that loading the cbc blockcipher module simply does nothing. the module is listed in /proc/modules, but the blockcipher is still missing from /proc/crypto.
the problem is not reproducible with a debian/unstable 2.6.30.6 kernel, even though it has cbc compiled as module as well. but if I recompile the same kernel sources with Celejars kernel .config, the problem occurs. thus it must be related to the kernel config in some way.
greetings, jonas
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