AssertionError: Logical partition metadata has invalid geometry magic signature.

[PerroDev]

Im having this error

[INFO] Copying super.img
[INFO] Pattern payload.bin not found
[INFO] Found multipartition image: super.img
[INFO] Failed to unsparse super.img
[INFO] Found multipartition image: super.img.lz4
[INFO] Failed to unsparse super.img.lz4
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/dumpyara", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/dumpyara/main.py", line 43, in main
    output_path = dumpyara(args.file, output, args.debug)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/dumpyara/dumpyara.py", line 47, in dumpyara
    prepare_images(extracted_archive_path, raw_images_path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/dumpyara/steps/prepare_images.py", line 50, in prepare_images
    func(multipart_image, raw_images_path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/dumpyara/utils/multipartitions.py", line 33, in extract_super
    lpunpack(image, output_dir)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/liblp/partition_tools/lpunpack.py", line 87, in lpunpack
    metadata = ReadMetadata(image, slot)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 275, in ReadMetadata
    geometry = ReadLogicalPartitionGeometry(fd)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 97, in ReadLogicalPartitionGeometry
    geometry = ReadPrimaryGeometry(fd)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 84, in ReadPrimaryGeometry
    return ParseGeometry(buffer)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 54, in ParseGeometry
    assert geometry.magic == LP_METADATA_GEOMETRY_MAGIC, \
AssertionError: Logical partition metadata has invalid geometry magic signature.```

Firmware is Galaxy A54's .zip from samfw.com. I can't send download link but you can check it

[SebaUbuntu]

Looks like an older version? Try to update

[PerroDev]

Looks like an older version? Try to update

Older version of what? Python or dumpyara? I installed it with pip3 install dumpyara

[SebaUbuntu]

pip -U install dumpyara

[ramenrolls]

Similar issue. failed to unsparse the super.img.lz4 file extracted from a samloader-bifrost firmware dump of the A146P device.

The error occurs during step 2 ("Preparing partition images"):

`[INFO] Pattern payload.bin not found
[INFO] Found multipartition image: super.img.lz4
[INFO] Failed to unsparse super.img.lz4
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dumpyara/__main__.py", line 11, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dumpyara/main.py", line 43, in main
    output_path = dumpyara(args.file, output, args.debug)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dumpyara/dumpyara.py", line 47, in dumpyara
    prepare_images(extracted_archive_path, raw_images_path)
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dumpyara/steps/prepare_images.py", line 50, in prepare_images
    func(multipart_image, raw_images_path)
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dumpyara/utils/multipartitions.py", line 33, in extract_super
    lpunpack(image, output_dir)
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/liblp/partition_tools/lpunpack.py", line 87, in lpunpack
    metadata = ReadMetadata(image, slot)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 275, in ReadMetadata
    geometry = ReadLogicalPartitionGeometry(fd)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 97, in ReadLogicalPartitionGeometry
    geometry = ReadPrimaryGeometry(fd)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 84, in ReadPrimaryGeometry
    return ParseGeometry(buffer)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/martin/Downloads/dumpyara/lib/python3.12/site-packages/liblp/reader.py", line 54, in ParseGeometry
    assert geometry.magic == LP_METADATA_GEOMETRY_MAGIC, \
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: Logical partition metadata has invalid geometry magic signature.
`

Steps to Reproduce:

Acquire firmware for A146P using samloader-bifrost.
Extract the super.img.lz4 file from the firmware dump.
Install dumpyara v1.0.6 (latest as of reporting).
Run dumpyara against the extracted super.img.lz4.
Expected Behavior:

Dumpyara should successfully unsparse the super.img.lz4 file without errors, allowing for further analysis of the firmware partitions.

Actual Behavior:

The AssertionError is raised, indicating that dumpyara cannot correctly interpret the partition layout within the super.img.lz4 file.

Environment:

Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04LTS (Noble Numbat)
Python Version: 3.12
Dumpyara Version: 1.0.6

The AssertionError suggests an issue with the way dumpyara handles multipartition super.img files.

[ramenrolls]

Minor workaround for handling the multipartition super img, the issue above. However, ran into more problems down the line.
Unzip firmware archive: Unzipped the initial firmware, untar the AP partition
Decompress: locate super multipartition img - lz4 -d super.img.lz4 super.img
Unsparse: simg2img super.img super_unsparse.img
Extract Partitions: I had success using the lpunpack.py script from the unix3dgforce fork: python3 lpunpack.py super_unsparse.img extracted_images
Resulting in extracted img partitions: system, system-ext, vendor, product, odm.
Recompress Firmware: Placed extracted partitions in the AP directory, and recompress the firmware back to .zip archive

Two errors threw during the extraction of boot.img and recovery.img due to a ModuleNotFoundError: No module named distutils.

Regading the above "ModuleNotFoundError" error: No module named 'distutils'. The fix is straightforward since Python 3.12 doesn't package distutils by default

Solution:

Just install setuptools within the virt. environment :

pip install setuptools

This will automatically make distutils available, resolving the error during the extraction process.

Might be beneficial to add setuptools as a dependency to the project - @SebaUbuntu

For reference, log file of the dump.
logdump.txt