Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API
Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API Written by Michael Larabel in Fedora on 24 July 2026 at 09:58 AM EDT. Add A Comment Going along with the upstream Linux 7.2 kernel deprecation of AF_ALG and Linux 7.3 to further restrict this interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API, Fedora 45 is looking to follow and help support this transition. A change proposal was filed as the first phase of disabling the in-kernel crypto user-space API for Fedora Linux.
- ▪Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API Written by Michael Larabel in Fedora on 24 July 2026 at 09:58 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Going along with the upstream Linux 7.2 kernel deprecation of AF_ALG and Linux 7.3 to further restrict this interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API, Fedora 45 is looking to
- ▪A change proposal was filed as the first phase of disabling the in-kernel crypto user-space API for Fedora Linux.
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Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API Written by Michael Larabel in Fedora on 24 July 2026 at 09:58 AM EDT. Add A Comment Going along with the upstream Linux 7.2 kernel deprecation of AF_ALG and Linux 7.3 to further restrict this interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API, Fedora 45 is looking to follow and help support this transition. A change proposal was filed as the first phase of disabling the in-kernel crypto user-space API for Fedora Linux. With the upstream Linux kernel moving toward the elimination of AF_ALG / CRYPTO_USER_API, Fedora 45 is looking to honor it too but at the same time ensuring existing user-space software will not suddenly break.
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