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From 0b92347337e9201140ed2daf77a934c731de6630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:40:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sysprep: advise against cloning VMs with internal full disk
 encryption

This is relevant for sysprep because we recommend sysprep for facilitating
cloning.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106286
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220714104005.8334-3-lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit b49ee909f5d1a0d7b5c668335b9098ca8ff85bfd)
---
 sysprep/virt-sysprep.pod | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sysprep/virt-sysprep.pod b/sysprep/virt-sysprep.pod
index deeb5341e..232b9f24b 100644
--- a/sysprep/virt-sysprep.pod
+++ b/sysprep/virt-sysprep.pod
@@ -519,6 +519,13 @@ Either or both options can be used multiple times on the command line.
 
 =head1 SECURITY
 
+Virtual machines that employ full disk encryption I<internally to the
+guest> should not be considered for cloning and distribution, as it
+provides multiple parties with the same internal volume key, enabling
+any one such party to decrypt all the other clones.  Refer to the L<LUKS
+FAQ|https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/blob/main/FAQ.md> for
+details.
+
 Although virt-sysprep removes some sensitive information from the
 guest, it does not pretend to remove all of it.  You should examine
 the L</OPERATIONS> above and the guest afterwards.
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