linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto Update for 6.17

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Message-ID: <aN5GO1YLO_yXbMNH@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 17:30:35 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto Update for 6.17

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:10:41AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 29. 07. 25, 13:07, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > Vegard Nossum (1):
> >        crypto: testmgr - desupport SHA-1 for FIPS 140
> 
> Booting 6.17 with fips=1 crashes with this commit -- see below.
> 
> The crash is different being on 6.17 (below) and on the commit --
> 9d50a25eeb05c45fef46120f4527885a14c84fb2.
> 
> 6.17 minus that one makes it work again.
> 
> Any ideas?

The purpose of the above commit is to remove the SHA1 algorithm
if you boot with fips=1.  As net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c depends on the
sha1 algorithm, it will obviously fail if SHA1 isn't there.

Cheers,
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