Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1088489/

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.