Ubuntu 18.04 IBM-GT Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module
Canonical Ltd. - FIPS 140 #4049
The Ubuntu 18.04 IBM-GT Kernel Crypto API module is a software module running as part of the operating system kernel that provides general purpose cryptographic services.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 4049
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Status reason
- SP 800-56Arev3 transition - replaced by certificate #4594
- Vendor
- Canonical Ltd.
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- atsec information security corporation
- First validated
- October 25, 2021
- Versions
- 2.0
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
- Level exceptions
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A; Physical Security: N/A
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- HMAC
- KTS
- RSA
- SHA-3
- SHS
- Triple-DES
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
Tested environments
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 with PAA
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 without PAA (single-user mode)
Operational environments the module was tested on, as listed by NIST CMVP.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP, the Common Criteria Portal and ENISA (EUCC) - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 17, 2026
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