{
  "id": 1719628,
  "title": "[$] Fedora prepares for the end of AF_ALG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/fedora-prepares-for-the-end-of-af-alg",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:48:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1088489/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}