Linux workstation

Upstream software project

libkcapi

Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

About libkcapi

Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

This project links 11 native package records across 3 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

Visit project website

Project pictures and package coverage

Debian 12 (Bookworm): 4 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 4 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 3 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.libkcapi: recorded package coverageDebian 12 (Bookworm)4 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)4 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.63 records
OpenFactory diagram of linked package records. It is not an application screenshot.

Project identity

Project
libkcapi
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
11
Operating systems
debian-12, debian-13, opensuse-leap-15-6
License expression
GPL-2.0
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

libkcapi exports APIs so that developers need not consider the low-level Netlink interface handling that is used for accesing the Linux kernel crypto API. The library does not implement any cipher algorithms. All consumer requests are sent to the kernel for processing. Results from the kernel crypto API are returned to the consumer via the library API. The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by unprivileged processes. This library does not perform any memcpy for processing the cryptographic data! The library uses scatter / gather lists to eliminate the need for moving data around in memory.

Description source

Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. kcapi-tools

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1

    Command-line tools for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    amd64arm64bookworm
  2. libkcapi1

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / libs / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1

    Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

    amd64arm64bookworm
  3. libkcapi-dev

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / libdevel / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1

    Development files for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    amd64arm64bookworm
  4. libkcapi-doc

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / doc / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1

    Documentation for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    allbookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. kcapi-tools

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / utils / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1+b2

    Command-line tools for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    amd64arm64trixie
  2. libkcapi1

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / libs / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1+b2

    Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

    amd64arm64trixie
  3. libkcapi-dev

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / libdevel / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1+b2

    Development files for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    amd64arm64trixie
  4. libkcapi-doc

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / doc / source libkcapi

    1.4.0-1

    Documentation for Linux Kernel Crypto API

    alltrixie

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. libkcapi0

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / System/Libraries / source libkcapi

    0.13.0-150600.15.27

    Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  2. libkcapi-devel

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Languages/C and C++ / source libkcapi

    0.13.0-150600.15.27

    Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Interface Library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  3. libkcapi-tools

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Tools/Other / source libkcapi

    0.13.0-150600.15.27

    Linux Kernel Crypto API User Space Tools

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.