Bug 2213320 - "Error in GnuTLS initialization: Error while performing self checks" in FIPS mode [NEEDINFO]
Summary: "Error in GnuTLS initialization: Error while performing self checks" in FIPS ...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gnutls
Version: 8.8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Daiki Ueno
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Reported: 2023-06-07 19:48 UTC by Andrew Mike
Modified: 2023-08-11 20:27 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Issue Tracker CRYPTO-10941 0 None None None 2023-06-14 18:47:37 UTC
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Description Andrew Mike 2023-06-07 19:48:27 UTC 
Description of problem: When using GnuTLS in FIPS mode, it fails its self check suite upon bootup.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.6.16-6.el8_7.x86_64

How reproducible: Consistent.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable FIPS mode on a system.
2. Reboot the system.

Actual results: 
A message appepars in the journald log from dracut-cmdline: "Error in GnuTLS initialization: Error while performing self checks."

Expected results:
GnuTLS passes self-checks for FIPS.

Additional info:
This appears to be a regression from Bugzilla 1665061, which was fixed in gnutls-3.6.5-2.el8.
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