Samsung Kernel Cryptographic Module

Certificate #4764

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 16.08.2024 , 09.07.2025
Sunset date 15-08-2026
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat Interim Validation. When operated in approved mode
Exceptions
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description Provides general purpose cryptographic services to services in the Linux kernel and user-space applications, intended to protect data in transit and at rest.
Tested configurations
  • Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy S23 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with PAA, Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy S23 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 without PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Tab Active5 with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 with PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Tab Active5 with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 without PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 with PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 without PAA
Vendor Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.
Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, CAST, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-256, CMAC
Hash functions
SHA-1
Schemes
MAC
Randomness
DRBG, RNG
Block cipher modes
CBC

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP
Vendor
Samsung, Qualcomm

Security level
Level 1, level 1

Standards
FIPS 140-3, FIPS 197, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 180-4, FIPS180-4, FIPS197, FIPS198-1, ISO/IEC 24759

File metadata

Title FIPS 140-3 Non-Proprietary Security Policy
Subject Samsung Kernel Cryptographic Module
Author Hedy
Creation date D:20250411154642-04'00'
Modification date D:20250411154642-04'00'
Pages 16
Creator Microsoft® Word 2016
Producer Microsoft® Word 2016

Heuristics

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates

  • 14.07.2025 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The validation_history property was updated, with the [[1, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2025-07-09', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': 'GOSSAMER SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC'}]] values inserted.
    • The tested_conf property was updated, with the [[0, 'Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy S23 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with PAA, Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy S23 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 without PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Tab Active5 with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 with PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Tab Active5 with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 without PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 with PAA, Linux Kernel 5.15 running on Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE with Samsung Electronics Exynos 1380 without PAA']] values inserted.

    The PDF extraction data was updated.

    • The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_certlike': {'__update__': {'Certlike': {'__insert__': {'AES-CBC 128, 192': 1, 'PAA 3': 1, 'PAA 4': 1, 'PAA 5': 1, 'PAA 6': 1}}}}, 'vendor': {'__update__': {'Samsung': {'__update__': {'Samsung': 36}}}}, 'cipher_mode': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': 2}}}, '__delete__': ['ECB']}, 'standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-3': 28}}}}} data.
    • The policy_metadata property was updated, with the {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 473112, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 16, '/CreationDate': "D:20250411154642-04'00'", '/ModDate': "D:20250411154642-04'00'"} data.

    The state was updated.

    • The policy_pdf_hash property was set to f530650bd9d01c73186f841d6512ec7ddd409aff8dfff699e4dac8628f1b2687.
    • The policy_txt_hash property was set to 7025a752a10cf00d2e24ee29507d732eca999e8f94e00bae2f17ee7f7a44d9f3.
  • 24.02.2025 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The exceptions property was updated.
  • 09.09.2024 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The certificate_pdf_url property was set to https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/August 2024_010924_0336.pdf.
  • 19.08.2024 The certificate was first processed.
    New certificate

    A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name Samsung Kernel Cryptographic Module was processed.

Raw data 

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