Ubuntu 18.04 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module
Ubuntu 18.04 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module, from Canonical Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4018 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates random strings whose strength is modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4018 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Canonical Ltd. · website |
| Software versions | 2.1 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Ubuntu 18.04 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 (8)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | A731, A732, A734, A741, A742, A743, A745, A746, A747, A748, A749, A750, A751, A752, A753, A754, A755, A756 |
| DRBG | A731, A734, A737, A738, A739, A740, A742, A743, A744, A746, A747, A748, A749, A750, A751, A753, A754, A755, A756 |
| HMAC | A733, A734, A737, A738, A739 |
| KTS | |
| RSA | A734, A737, A738, A739 |
| SHA-3 | A733 |
| SHS | A734, A737, A738, A739 |
| Triple-DES | A734, A740, A744 |
Allowed algorithms
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 with PAA
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5 without PAA (single user-mode)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-30 | Initial | atsec information security corporation |
| 2021-09-21 | Update | atsec information security corporation |
| 2021-10-18 | 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
- 2026-09-01: observed moving from active to historical
- Validation dates on record: 2021-08-30, 2021-09-21, 2021-10-18