A self-test failure in fips mode means a panic. Well, gcm(aes) self-tests currently fail in fips mode, as gcm is dependent on ghash, which semi-recently got self-test vectors added, but wasn't marked as a fips_allowed algorithm. Because of gcm's dependence on what is now seen as a non-fips_allowed algorithm, its self-tests refuse to run. Previously, ghash got a pass in fips mode, due to the lack of any test vectors at all, and thus gcm self-tests were able to run. After this patch, a 'modprobe tcrypt mode=35' no longer panics in fips mode, and successful self-test of gcm(aes) is reported. Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/testmgr.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c index 521fdb2..2854865 100644 --- a/crypto/testmgr.c +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c @@ -2077,6 +2077,7 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = { }, { .alg = "ghash", .test = alg_test_hash, + .fips_allowed = 1, .suite = { .hash = { .vecs = ghash_tv_template, -- 1.7.1 -- Jarod Wilson jarod@xxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html