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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3794 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3794 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition. 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 number3794
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20190926

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Linux kernel Crypto API implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 provides services operating inside the Linux kernel with various ciphers, message digests and an approved random number generator.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (9)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA123, A124, A125, A126, A127, A128, A139, A140, A141, A171, A172, A174, A178, A179, A180, A181, A183
CVLA128, A178
DRBGA123, A124, A126, A128, A134, A139, A140, A141, A142, A171, A172, A174, A176, A177, A178, A179, A180, A183
HMACA128, A134, A176, A177, A178, A180, A182
KTS
RSAA134, A176, A177, A180
SHA-3A182
SHSA128, A134, A176, A177, A178, A180
Triple-DESA127, A142, A180, A181, A183

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-01-21Initialatsec 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: 2021-01-21

Source documents