[$] Fedora prepares for the end of AF_ALG
Date:
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:48:22 +0000
Description:
The Linux kernel's user-space interface
( AF_ALG ) to the Crypto
API has been linked to a number of recent high-profile security problems, including Copy Fail and successor
vulnerabilities. It was deprecated earlier this year. Eric Biggers, and other kernel developers,
have been working to remove it
from the kernel . With that in mind, the Fedora Project is planning to
restrict use of AF_ALG in the next Fedora release in the hopes of nudging remaining users of the API to prepare for its eventual removal.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1088489/
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