debian · CVE-2021-4122

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:42:27 GMT

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CVE-2021-4122 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cryptsetup), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

It was found that a specially crafted LUKS header could trick cryptsetup into disabling encryption during the recovery of the device. An attacker with physical access to the medium, such as a flash disk, could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.

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