Previously, cryptsetup printed twice the error message notifying the user that the queried device did not exist. With this update, the underlying code was changed and the error message is displayed once. (BZ#612963)

Prior to this update, when the user attempted to encrypt a device with the MD4 or MD5 hash algorithm, cryptsetup did not alert the user that the encryption with those algorithms was not supported, had failed, and that therefore the device could not be used. With this update, cryptsetup terminates the process and prints a message advising the user to check if the required encryption method is supported. (BZ#623121)

Previously, cryptsetup did not remove keys as soon as possible from device control buffers and therefore did not follow FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard). With this update, the underlying code has been changed and the keys are removed from the buffers as soon as possible. (BZ#674825)

Previously, if the user issued the "cryptsetup luksRemoveKey" command with the "--key-file" parameter, the command removed the key defined in the standard input. With this update, such command removes the key defined in the "--key-file" parameter. (BZ#677634)

Prior to this update, when updating with the "yum update" command, the device-mapper-libs package was not updated. This occurred because the previous version of the cryptsetup package was compatible with any version of the package. This update adds the dependency to the cryptsetup package and the device-mapper-libs is updated to provide the compatible device-mapper-libs package. (BZ#692512)

Previously, when running in FIPS mode, the salt for PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function) was generated with the /dev/urandom device. According to NIST Special Publication 800-132, all or a portion of the salt must be generated with an approved random number generator. With this update, the salt is generated with the FIPS RNG (Random Number Generator) and the criterion is met. (BZ#693371)

With this update, cryptsetup uses a FIPS certified random number generator for generation of volume keys when running in FIPS mode. (BZ#663869)

This update adds the integrity check of the cryptsetup binary and library for FIPS mode. (BZ#663870)