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Ubuntu 18.04 Google Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3954 · Canonical Ltd. · data as of 2026-10-09

Ubuntu 18.04 Google Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module, from Canonical Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3954 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 - replaced by certificate #4598. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number3954
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCanonical Ltd. · website
Software versions2.0

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Ubuntu 18.04 Google Kernel Crypto API module is a software module running as part of the operating system kernel that provides general purpose cryptographic services.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (9)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESC755, C756, C757, C758, C759, C760, C761, C762, C763, C764, C765
CVLC755
DRBGC755, C758, C761, C766, C767, C768
HMACC755, C766, C767, C768
KTS
RSAC755, C766, C767, C768
SHA-3C755
SHSC755, C766, C767, C768
Triple-DESC755, C758

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (shared secret computation provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 with PAA
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-06-14Initialatsec information security corporation
2021-10-18Updateatsec 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: 2021-06-14, 2021-10-18

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