[Bug 1641656] [NEW] initramfs parameters invalid for IPv6 portal

[Kevin Otte]

Public bug reported:

In init.d/iscsi the portal address is collected thusly:
echo "$(cat "$connectiondev/persistent_address"):$(cat "$connectiondev/persistent_port"),$(cat "/sys/$sessiondev/tpgt")" >iscsi_portal

resulting in an iscsi_portal file looking like
2606:a000:a449:5900::4:3260,1

In finish.d/iscsi_settings, this string is then picked apart:
        group="${portal##*,}"
        portal="${portal%,*}"
        ip="${portal%%:*}"
        port="${portal#*:}"

These variables are then used to populate iscsi.initramfs, which ends up looking like this:
ISCSI_TARGET_NAME="iqn.2016-11.net.nivex:storage.istest"
ISCSI_TARGET_IP="2606"
ISCSI_TARGET_PORT="a000:a449:5900::4:3260"
ISCSI_TARGET_GROUP="1"
ISCSI_USERNAME="istest"
ISCSI_PASSWORD="123456789012"

I think the easiest fix would be to switch the greed of the matching, as in:
        ip="${portal%:*}"
        port="${portal##*:}"
though I worry about naively splitting on colon when dealing with IPv6 addresses like this.

** Affects: partman-iscsi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  initramfs parameters invalid for IPv6 portal

Status in partman-iscsi package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In init.d/iscsi the portal address is collected thusly:
  echo "$(cat "$connectiondev/persistent_address"):$(cat "$connectiondev/persistent_port"),$(cat "/sys/$sessiondev/tpgt")" >iscsi_portal

  resulting in an iscsi_portal file looking like
  2606:a000:a449:5900::4:3260,1

  In finish.d/iscsi_settings, this string is then picked apart:
          group="${portal##*,}"
          portal="${portal%,*}"
          ip="${portal%%:*}"
          port="${portal#*:}"

  These variables are then used to populate iscsi.initramfs, which ends up looking like this:
  ISCSI_TARGET_NAME="iqn.2016-11.net.nivex:storage.istest"
  ISCSI_TARGET_IP="2606"
  ISCSI_TARGET_PORT="a000:a449:5900::4:3260"
  ISCSI_TARGET_GROUP="1"
  ISCSI_USERNAME="istest"
  ISCSI_PASSWORD="123456789012"

  I think the easiest fix would be to switch the greed of the matching, as in:
          ip="${portal%:*}"
          port="${portal##*:}"
  though I worry about naively splitting on colon when dealing with IPv6 addresses like this.

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