Bug#1114773: Regarding kernel panic while rebooting my debian system with fips=1

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 01:22:38PM +0530, Rujwal K wrote:
> As per the above subject i faced this with my debian version 12.12, for my
> study purpose of testing, i needed to test my system with fips mode
> enabled, after editing grub i rebooted then i got kernel panic, later i
> edited the grub in bootloader and then went into the /etc/default/grub and
> then i changed the line from "quiet fips=1" to "quiet" then i saved it and
> then updated the grub and rebooted now kernel runs smoothly.
> But i didn't know why debian doesn't support fips mode if you share it with
> me it can be helpful, and also give information about how can be debian
> made fips friendly.

This is already fixed with the recent released Linux DSA updating to
6.1.153-1, so pleae update. The BTS does not reflect that since the
update has not yet been included/accepted in
bookworm-proposed-updates.

Cf. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1669616/accepted-linux-61153-1-source-into-oldstable-security/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00173.html

Please update to 6.1.153-1 which should resolve your issue.

Regards,
Salvatore