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GELI silently omits the keyfile if read from stdin

Published Feb 8, 2023

Description

When GELI reads a key file from standard input, it does not reuse the key file to initialize multiple providers at once resulting in the second and subsequent devices silently using a NULL key as the user key file. If a user only uses a key file without a user passphrase, the master key is encrypted with an empty key file allowing trivial recovery of the master key.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner freebsd
Published Feb 8, 2023
Updated Mar 25, 2025
Reserved Feb 8, 2023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Mar 25, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner freebsd
Published Feb 8, 2023
Updated Mar 25, 2025
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2023-12769