# Introducing modularized kernel cryptography in Amazon Linux

DevFeed: [Introducing modularized kernel cryptography in Amazon Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-modularized-kernel-cryptography-in-amazon-linux-4665.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-modularized-kernel-cryptography-in-amazon-linux/>)

Author: Mahak Arora

Published: 2026-07-14T19:34:12Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Compute Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-compute-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>)

Tags: [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [cryptographic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptographic.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>)

## AI overview

Amazon Linux 2023 introduces a standalone FIPS 140-3 cryptographic kernel module. Keeping cryptographic code separate from the main kernel can let unchanged modules carry forward across kernel updates through a streamlined validation process.

## Source excerpt

We are introducing modularized kernel cryptography in Amazon Linux 2023, an approach that separates Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 cryptographic components into an independent kernel module that can be certified once and reused across subsequent kernel versions. In this post, we describe how this modular approach works, what it means for FIPS compliance workflows, [...]