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Kernel Cryptography Module for AlmaLinux 9

Certificate #4750

Webpage information

Status	active
Validation dates	02.08.2024 , 07.08.2025
Sunset date	01-08-2026
Standard	FIPS 140-3
Security level	1
Type	Software
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	Interim validation. When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy.
Exceptions	Physical security: N/A Non-invasive security: N/A Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description	The Linux kernel crypto API implementation provides cryptographic services to Linux kernel space software components and user space via the AF_ALG interface.
Tested configurations	AlmaLinux 9.2 running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) a1.metal with AWS Graviton with PAA AlmaLinux 9.2 running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) a1.metal with AWS Graviton without PAA AlmaLinux 9.2 running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) m5.metal with Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL with PAA AlmaLinux 9.2 running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) m5.metal with Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL without PAA
Vendor	Cloudlinux Inc., TuxCare division
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, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, CAST, HMAC, CMAC

Hash functions

SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-3, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, PBKDF2

Schemes

MAC

Protocols

IKEv2, IPsec

Randomness

DRBG, RNG

Block cipher modes

ECB, CBC, CTR, CFB, OFB, GCM, CCM, XTS

Security level

Level 1

Standards

FIPS 140-3, FIPS PUB 140-3, FIPS 180-4, FIPS 202, FIPS 197, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 186-5, SP 800-38A, SP 800-38D, SP 800-38B, SP 800-38C, SP 800-38E, PKCS#1, RFC 4106, RFC 7296, ISO/IEC 24759

File metadata

Creation date	D:20250429092626Z00'00'
Modification date	D:20250429092626Z00'00'
Pages	33
Producer	macOS Versione 14.5 (Build 23F79) Quartz PDFContext

Heuristics

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates

11.08.2025 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': '2025-08-07', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': 'ATSEC INFORMATION SECURITY CORP'}]] values inserted.
- The sw_versions property was set to kernel 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7; libkcapi 1.3.1-3.el9.
The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS': {'__update__': {'FIPS PUB 140-3': 2}}}}} data.
- The policy_metadata property was updated, with the {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 464329, '/CreationDate': "D:20250429092626Z00'00'", '/ModDate': "D:20250429092626Z00'00'", '/Producer': 'macOS Versione 14.5 (Build 23F79) Quartz PDFContext'} data.
The state was updated.
- The policy_pdf_hash property was set to f2b571869071730c9a37a32f3250b2583914ec7991d6d12937d38f8df7643178.
- The policy_txt_hash property was set to 20a698d32f7d8bf01950ff6805909c6ee1a53dd5f31a1a0237134ffac2a788b0.
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.
03.08.2024 The certificate was first processed.

New certificate

A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name Kernel Cryptography Module for AlmaLinux 9 was processed.

Raw data

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}

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