OCPBUGS-109794: clarify FIPS-approved TLS groups in TLSSecurityProfile docs - #2983
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… docs The TLSSecurityProfile and TLSGroup godoc singled out X25519MLKEM768 as the only group "not FIPS-approved and ignored in FIPS mode", which wrongly implied plain X25519 is usable under FIPS. In fact only the NIST P-curves (secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1) are FIPS-approved; X25519 and all ML-KEM post-quantum hybrid groups are not, and are ignored by components running in FIPS mode (Go's FIPS module refuses X25519 outright). Clarify the note wherever it appears and regenerate CRD manifests, swagger docs, and openapi.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change expands TLS FIPS-mode documentation in the API type definitions and CRD schemas. It identifies NIST P-curves as FIPS-approved. It identifies X25519 and all listed ML-KEM hybrid groups as non-FIPS-approved. It states that FIPS-mode components ignore or omit those groups. Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR improves TLS documentation but may overstate which hybrid groups are unavailable in FIPS mode, potentially causing administrators to make incorrect configuration decisions. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up to make the guidance implementation-specific and regenerate the affected artifacts. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15✅ Passed checks (15 passed)
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In `@config/v1/types_tlssecurityprofile.go`:
- Around line 18-21: Update the three TLS NamedGroup guidance comments in
config/v1/types_tlssecurityprofile.go at lines 18-21, 173-176, and 281-284 to
state that FIPS-mode support for ML-KEM hybrid groups depends on the
implementation’s provider and validated construction, rather than categorically
excluding them; then run make update-codegen-crds to regenerate the
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payload-manifests/crds/0000_10_config-operator_01_apiservers-CustomNoUpgrade.crd.yaml
at lines 603-606 and 724-727,
0000_10_config-operator_01_apiservers-Default.crd.yaml at lines 369-372,
0000_10_config-operator_01_apiservers-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.crd.yaml at lines
603-606 and 724-727, 0000_10_config-operator_01_apiservers-OKD.crd.yaml at lines
369-372, 0000_10_config-operator_01_apiservers-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.crd.yaml at
lines 603-606 and 724-727,
0000_80_machine-config_01_kubeletconfigs-CustomNoUpgrade.crd.yaml at lines
189-192 and 310-313, 0000_80_machine-config_01_kubeletconfigs-Default.crd.yaml
at lines 268-271,
0000_80_machine-config_01_kubeletconfigs-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.crd.yaml at lines
189-192 and 310-313, 0000_80_machine-config_01_kubeletconfigs-OKD.crd.yaml at
lines 268-271, and
0000_80_machine-config_01_kubeletconfigs-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.crd.yaml at lines
189-192 and 310-313.
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Overall, this seems fine to me. Doing some research the values check out to me, but I'm by no means an expert in the FIPS space nor TLS groups.
@candita Could you, or someone from your team, take a look and make sure that this documentation change makes sense to you all as well?
| Note that only the NIST P-curves (secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1) are | ||
| FIPS-approved. X25519 and the ML-KEM post-quantum hybrid groups | ||
| (X25519MLKEM768, SecP256r1MLKEM768, SecP384r1MLKEM1024) are not | ||
| FIPS-approved and are ignored by components running in FIPS mode. |
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This is not quite true. SecP256r1MLKEM768, SecP384r1MLKEM1024 are allowed in FIPS mode on OpenShift. I asked in forum-fips: https://redhat-external.slack.com/archives/CQ7BBRNQN/p1775490088375709?thread_ts=1775340298.286989&cid=CQ7BBRNQN
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The godoc for
TLSSecurityProfileandTLSGroupsingled out onlyX25519MLKEM768as "a post-quantum hybrid group that is not FIPS-approved and should be ignored by components running in FIPS mode." By naming only that one group, it implied every other listed group — including plain X25519 — is FIPS-approved, which is wrong:secp256r1,secp384r1,secp521r1) are FIPS-approved.X25519is not FIPS-approved — Go's native FIPS module refuses it outright (tls: no supported elliptic curves for ECDHEunderGODEBUG=fips140=on).X25519MLKEM768,SecP256r1MLKEM768,SecP384r1MLKEM1024) are dropped in FIPS mode.This corrects the note wherever it appears so it states plainly that only the NIST P-curves are FIPS-approved, and regenerates the affected artifacts.
Why it matters
The misleading note ships in the generated CRD descriptions for the
groupsfield (behind theTLSGroupPreferencesfeature gate) acrossapiservers,ingresscontrollers, andkubeletconfigs. A cluster admin configuring a Custom TLS profile on a FIPS cluster could reasonably concludeX25519is usable and be surprised when it is filtered/refused. This is documentation-only — runtime behavior already filters correctly (seecrypto.FilterTLSGroups/crypto.IsFIPSApprovedTLSGroupin library-go).Changes
TLSSecurityProfileandTLSGroupgodoc.make update-codegen update-openapi). All generated changes are description-only — no schema, enum, or structural changes.Verification
gofmtclean.make update-codegen update-openapi; zero occurrences of the old wording remain in tracked files.Related