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-rw-r--r--ironic/common/utils.py4
-rw-r--r--releasenotes/notes/fips-hashlib-bca9beacc2b48fe7.yaml4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ironic/common/utils.py b/ironic/common/utils.py
index fc61fd02f..6dbb0e326 100644
--- a/ironic/common/utils.py
+++ b/ironic/common/utils.py
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ def _get_hash_object(hash_algo_name):
return getattr(hashlib, hash_algo_name)()
-def file_has_content(path, content, hash_algo='md5'):
+def file_has_content(path, content, hash_algo='sha256'):
"""Checks that content of the file is the same as provided reference.
:param path: path to file
:param content: reference content to check against
- :param hash_algo: hashing algo from hashlib to use, default is 'md5'
+ :param hash_algo: hashing algo from hashlib to use, default is 'sha256'
:returns: True if the hash of reference content is the same as
the hash of file's content, False otherwise
"""
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fips-hashlib-bca9beacc2b48fe7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fips-hashlib-bca9beacc2b48fe7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c96a1600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fips-hashlib-bca9beacc2b48fe7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fixes:
+ - |
+ Use SHA256 for comparing file contents instead of MD5. This improves FIPS
+ compatibility.