7 Oracle Linux 7 Common Criteria Certification

WARNING:

Oracle Linux 7 is now in Extended Support. See Oracle Linux Extended Support and Oracle Open Source Support Policies for more information.

Migrate applications and data to Oracle Linux 8 or Oracle Linux 9 as soon as possible.

Oracle Linux 7.6 was certified in May 2021, under the Canadian Common Criteria Scheme, and confirms Exact Conformance against the Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems (OSPP) 4.2.1.

Certificates awarded in Canada and more than 15 other countries are recognized by over 30 countries under the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA).

The certifications include the following evaluated security functionality:

  • Security Audit

  • Cryptographic support

  • Identification and Authentication

  • User Data Protection

  • Security Management

  • Self-protection

  • TLS and SSH protocols

Important:

To achieve compliance, the Common Criteria evaluated package set must be selected at installation time, in accordance with the description that's provided in the Common Criteria Guide for the Oracle Linux 7 release that you're running, and installed accordingly.

For more information, see Common Criteria Guide for Oracle Linux 7.6.

For more information about the Common Criteria certification, see the following references: