Kernel Panic in FIPS mode

[Tapas Sarangi]

Thanks for the reply.
 I am using and compiling kernel from kernel.org. I believe 3.18.27 with patches is as new as in January of this year. 

 

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> On Feb 23, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 01:41:50PM -0600, Tapas Sarangi wrote:
>> I am recompiling 3.18.27 on a platform derived from el6. FIPS mode is
>> enabled by checking the following configs:
>> 
>> CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS=y
>> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=y
> 
> <snip>
> 
> If you are using a RHEL system, you need to contact Red Hat for support
> as that is what you are paying for.  Their kernel is a very "odd" one.
> 
> Also note that 3.18 is very old and obsolete as well, please use a
> "modern" kernel release, the community can't support old kernels like
> that.
> 
> best of luck,
> 
> greg k-h