Bug 1976137

Summary:	Enable hardware optimizations in FIPS mode
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Component:	libgcrypt	Assignee:	Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Marek Havrila <mhavrila>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Khushbu Borole <kborole>
Priority:	high
Version:	8.5	CC:	dgilbert, jafiala, mhavrila, mjahoda, omoris, sct
Target Milestone:	beta	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	---	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	.Hardware optimization enabled in FIPS mode Previously, the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) did not allow using hardware optimization. Therefore, the operation was disabled in the `libgcrypt` package when in the FIPS mode. This update enables hardware optimization in FIPS mode, and as a result, all cryptographic operations are performed faster.	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	1990059 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2021-11-09 19:41:09 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1990059

Description Jakub Jelen 2021-06-25 09:51:19 UTC

Description of problem:
It was brought up that the hardware optimizations are fine for FIPS for at least 5 years so it would make sense to enable them in RHEL 8.5 as we plan 3SUB anyway.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libgcrypt-1.8.5-5.el8

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Measure performance in FIPS mode

Actual results:
poor performace

Expected results:
hw optimizations are used and performace is better.

Additional info:
this was discussed on fips140-external-list for more information.

https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/blob/master/src/hwfeatures.c#L216

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:41:09 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4409