cryptsetup resize fails with error `Device size is not aligned to requested sector size.`

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Issue

  • Resize of the encrypted device fails with error Device size is not aligned to requested sector size.
  • Unable to resize the LUKS device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • LUKS2

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