Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Kernel Cryptographic API
Red Hat(R), Inc. - FIPS 140 #4796
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Kernel Cryptographic API provides a C language API for use by other (kernel space and user space) processes that require cryptographic functionality
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 4796
- Standard
- FIPS 140-3
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Red Hat(R), Inc.
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- atsec information security corporation
- First validated
- September 11, 2024
- Versions
- 5.14.0-70.53.1.el9_0; 1.3.1-3.el9
- Caveat
- Interim validation. When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in section 11 of the Security Policy. The module generates random strings whose strengths are modified by available entropy.
Algorithms
- AES-CBC
- AES-CBC-CS3
- AES-CCM
- AES-CFB128
- AES-CMAC
- AES-CTR
- AES-ECB
- AES-GCM
- AES-GMAC
- AES-OFB
- AES-XTS Testing Revision 2.0
- Counter DRBG
- Hash DRBG
- HMAC DRBG
- HMAC-SHA-1
- HMAC-SHA2-224
- HMAC-SHA2-256
- HMAC-SHA2-384
- HMAC-SHA2-512
- HMAC-SHA3-224
- HMAC-SHA3-256
- HMAC-SHA3-384
- HMAC-SHA3-512
- RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
- SHA-1
- SHA2-224
- SHA2-256
- SHA2-384
- SHA2-512
- SHA3-224
- SHA3-256
- SHA3-384
- SHA3-512
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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