Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode with module Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3860 operating in FIPS mode. The module generates random strings whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3939 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Red Hat®, Inc. · website |
| Software versions | rhel7.20190718, rhel7.20200812 and rhel7.20210526 |
Module description
The Linux kernel Crypto API implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 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
| Algorithm | CAVP certificate |
|---|---|
| AES | C1395, C1396, C1397, C1398, C1399, C1400, C1401, C1402 |
| DRBG | C1395, C1398, C1399, C1403, C1405, C1406, C1407 |
| HMAC | C1387, C1403, C1405, C1406, C1407, C1420 |
| KTS | |
| KTS | |
| KTS | |
| RSA | C1403, C1405, C1406, C1407 |
| SHS | C1403, C1405, C1406, C1407 |
| Triple-DES | C1404 |
Allowed algorithms
NDRNG
Tested configurations
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 with PAA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 without PAA (single-user mode)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-01 | Initial | atsec information security corporation |
| 2021-10-01 | Update | atsec information security corporation |
| 2021-10-06 | Update | atsec 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: 2021-06-01, 2021-10-01, 2021-10-06