Phoronix reports that Linux 7.3 will further limit AF_ALG, Linux’s userspace kernel-cryptography interface, by adding a new sysctl control. The change continues the kernel community’s effort to constrain an interface described as a security “nightmare.” The supplied report does not establish the knob’s exact name, default value, scope, or affected workloads, so those details should be verified against the upstream patch and Linux 7.3 documentation before deployment decisions are made.
No heat snapshots are available in the last 24 hours.