The list of those "certain files" is not hard coded into ureadahead but is gathered by checking which files are accessed when booting and then saving that file list onto the hard drive. So if the encrypted partition is mounted early enough, ureadahead saves a list of files on that partition elsewhere, unencrypted.
I'm not that much into crypto analysis, so I can't tell how important this little known plain-text is in cracking the encryption. But I can imagine lots of encryption applications where even the exposure of the names of the encrypted files is a severe security breach. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782646 Title: ureadahead creates unwanted pack files (tmpfs, encrypted partitions) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ureadahead/+bug/782646/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
