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The godoc for TLSSecurityProfile and TLSGroup singled out onlyX25519MLKEM768 as "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:

  • Only the NIST P-curves (secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1) are FIPS-approved.
  • Plain X25519 is not FIPS-approved — Go's native FIPS module refuses it outright (tls: no supported elliptic curves for ECDHE under GODEBUG=fips140=on).
  • All ML-KEM post-quantum hybrid groups (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 groups field (behind the TLSGroupPreferences feature gate) across apiservers, ingresscontrollers, and kubeletconfigs. A cluster admin configuring a Custom TLS profile on a FIPS cluster could reasonably conclude X25519 is usable and be surprised when it is filtered/refused. This is documentation-only — runtime behavior already filters correctly (see crypto.FilterTLSGroups / crypto.IsFIPSApprovedTLSGroup in library-go).

Changes

  • Reworded the FIPS note in the TLSSecurityProfile and TLSGroup godoc.
  • Regenerated CRD manifests, swagger docs, and openapi (make update-codegen update-openapi). All generated changes are description-only — no schema, enum, or structural changes.

Verification

  • Source compiles; gofmt clean.
  • Generated with make update-codegen update-openapi; zero occurrences of the old wording remain in tracked files.

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config,machineconfiguration,operator: correct FIPS-approved TLS group…
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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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The godoc for TLSSecurityProfile and TLSGroup singled out onlyX25519MLKEM768 as "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:

  • Only the NIST P-curves (secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1) are FIPS-approved.
  • Plain X25519 is not FIPS-approved — Go's native FIPS module refuses it outright (tls: no supported elliptic curves for ECDHE under GODEBUG=fips140=on).
  • All ML-KEM post-quantum hybrid groups (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 groups field (behind the TLSGroupPreferences feature gate) across apiservers, ingresscontrollers, and kubeletconfigs. A cluster admin configuring a Custom TLS profile on a FIPS cluster could reasonably conclude X25519 is usable and be surprised when it is filtered/refused. This is documentation-only — runtime behavior already filters correctly (see crypto.FilterTLSGroups / crypto.IsFIPSApprovedTLSGroup in library-go).

Changes

  • Reworded the FIPS note in the TLSSecurityProfile and TLSGroup godoc.
  • Regenerated CRD manifests, swagger docs, and openapi (make update-codegen update-openapi). All generated changes are description-only — no schema, enum, or structural changes.

Verification

  • Source compiles; gofmt clean.
  • Generated with make update-codegen update-openapi; zero occurrences of the old wording remain in tracked files.

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The 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 efc48

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.

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Title check✅ PassedThe title clearly and concisely describes the main documentation change to clarify FIPS-approved TLS groups.
Description check✅ PassedThe description directly explains the documentation correction, affected artifacts, rationale, and verification steps.
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Stable And Deterministic Test Names✅ PassedThe PR diff changes only TLS comments and generated YAML/JSON/Go documentation; it adds no test files or Ginkgo test declarations, so no unstable test title is introduced.
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Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility✅ PassedThe HEAD diff changes TLS documentation and generated artifacts only; it adds no test-like paths or Ginkgo declarations, so the SNO compatibility check is not applicable.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility✅ PassedThe PR diff changes TLS comments and generated CRD/Swagger/OpenAPI descriptions only; it adds no deployment, controller, or scheduling constraints.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract✅ PassedThe diff changes only TLS comments and generated documentation strings; no main, init, suite setup, logging, or stdout-writing code changed.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility✅ PassedThe commit changes TLS documentation and generated artifacts only; it adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or test paths, so IPv6 and external-connectivity checks do not apply.
No-Weak-Crypto✅ PassedThe PR changes only TLS FIPS comments and generated descriptions; no crypto code or comparisons changed, and pre-existing DES-CBC3-SHA remains unchanged.
Container-Privileges✅ PassedThe PR diff changes TLS documentation and generated descriptions only; no additions contain privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, or allowPrivilegeEscalation settings.
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Inline comments:
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
corresponding comments in
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?

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Comment thread...generated.featuregated-crd-manifests/apiservers.config.openshift.io/TLSGroupPreferences.yaml
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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