Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - Document the deprecation of AF_ALG

From: Linus Torvalds

Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 14:57:43 EST


On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 09:51, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> We're aware of that and are taking it into account in the allowlist:

Note that if we can just unconditionally make it depend on
CAP_NET_ADMIN, that would be good - independently of any allowlist.

Because if iwd and abluetoothd are the main two users, and both of
those already require CAP_NET_ADMIN anyway...

Linus