Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu 24.04 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module
Canonical Ltd. - FIPS 140 #5215
The Linux kernel crypto API implementation provides cryptographic services to Linux kernel space software components and user space via the AF_ALG interface.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 5215
- Standard
- FIPS 140-3
- Security level
- Level 1
- Status
- active
- Vendor
- Canonical Ltd.
- Module type
- Software
- Embodiment
- MultiChipStand
- Lab
- atsec information security corporation
- First validated
- March 27, 2026
- Sunset date
- March 26, 2031
- Caveat
- When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11.1 of the Security Policy. No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs.
Algorithms
- AES-CBC
- AES-CBC-CS3
- AES-CCM
- AES-CMAC
- AES-CTR
- AES-ECB
- AES-GCM
- AES-GMAC
- AES-KW
- AES-XTS Testing Revision 2.0
- Counter DRBG
- ECDSA KeyGen (FIPS186-5)
- ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
- ECDSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
- 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
- KAS-ECC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
- KAS-FFC-SSC Sp800-56Ar3
- RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)
- RSA SigVer (FIPS186-5)
- Safe Primes Key Generation
- 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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