Re: [PATCH] Allow hmac(sha512) for unpriviledged users
From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 04:36:53 EST
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 10:03:02AM -0600, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> By default users cannot run sha512hmac with the current set up. This
> is problematic because our kernel builds call this for FIPS compliance.
> Rather than have anyone turn off af_alg_restrict all together, let's
> allow a common use case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> crypto/algif_hash.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Patch applied. Thanks.
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