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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4384 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4384 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.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number4384
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20210614

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 (11)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1730, A1731, A1732, A1734, A1735, A1736, A1737, A1738, A1739, A1740, A1741, A1742, A1743, A1744, A1745, A1746, A1747, A1748, A1749, A1750
DRBGA1730, A1731, A1732, A1736, A1737, A1738, A1739, A1740, A1741, A1742, A1743, A1746, A1747, A1748, A1751, A1752, A1753, A1754
ECDSAA1731
ENT
HMACA1730, A1731, A1732, A1733, A1752, A1753, A1754
KAS-SSCA1731
KTS
RSAA1732, A1752, A1753, A1754
SHA-3A1733
SHSA1730, A1731, A1732, A1752, A1753, A1754
Triple-DESA1732, A1734, A1746, A1749, A1751

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-12-05Initialatsec 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
  • 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-12-05

Source documents