[$] Fedora prepares for the end of AF_ALG
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…
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