Do locked pages get shredded from disk after resuming from suspend-to-disk?
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Mar 15, 2026127 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Locked pages are sometimes used to store crypto keys like for Luks or for encfs and other sensitive things. But when doing hibernate (without swap drive encryption) they get stored to disk unencrypted anyway. Do locked pages get erased from swap file when the system resumes from hibernate or I shou…
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Fix for: Do locked pages get shredded from disk after resuming from suspend-to-disk?
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The only way is to use disk encryption on the swap partition. There are some reports of success doing this... Although this adds another layer of security (assuming you use a different password), you also have to enter and remember both passwords (u…
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