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Samsung Kernel Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2430 · Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates random strings whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number2430
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · website
Software versionsSKC1.6

Module description

Provides general purpose cryptographic services to services in the Linux kernel and user-space applications, intended to protect data in transit and at rest.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3292, 3461
DRBG750, 849
HMAC2090, 2207
SHS2731, 2857
Triple-DES1877, 1952

Other algorithms

DES; Twofish; MD5; ansi_cprng; krng; ANSI X9.31 RNG; ARC4; Pcompress; CRC32c; Deflate; LZO; AES-GCM (non-compliant); RFC4106-AES-GCM (non-compliant); RFC4543-AES-GCM (non-compliant); AES-CTR (non-compliant); Triple-DES-CTR (non-compliant); GHASH; GF128MUL; 2-key Triple-DES

Tested configurations

  • Android Lollipop 5.0.2 running on Samsung Galaxy S6
  • Android Lollipop 5.1 running on Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-08-14Initialatsec information security corporation
2015-09-04Updateatsec information security corporation

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2015-08-14, 2015-09-04

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