Kernel Cryptography Module for AlmaLinux 9

Certificate details

Certificate ID #4750
Status historical
Historical reason Replaced by certificate #5441
Validation dates 02.08.2024 , 07.08.2025
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

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Extracted keywords

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

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

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Raw data

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