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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Mounting of cramfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable Mounting of freevxfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>freevxfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable Mounting of hfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable Mounting of hfsplus

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>hfsplus</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprob...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable Mounting of jffs2

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>jffs2</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe....
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /home

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/home</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable Mounting of udf

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>udf</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe.d/...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Disable Modprobe Loading of USB Storage Driver

    To prevent USB storage devices from being used, configure the kernel module loading system to prevent automatic loading of the USB storage driver. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Restrict Partition Mount Options

    System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fst...
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  • Removable Partition

    This value is used by the checks mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, mount_option_nodev_removable_partitions, and mount_option_nodev_removable...
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  • Add nodev Option to /boot

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/boot</code>. Legitimate character and block de...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /boot

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/boot</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opt...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /boot

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/boot</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /dev/shm

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent creation of device files in <code>/dev/shm</code>. Legitimate character and block device...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /dev/shm

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/dev/shm</code>. It can be dangerous to allow...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /dev/shm

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/dev/shm</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions s...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /home

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/home</code>. Legitimate character and block de...
    Rule Unknown Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to Non-Root Local Partitions

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices sho...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices sho...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option prevents the direct execution of binaries on the mounted filesystem. Preventing the direct execution of binari...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to Removable Media Partitions

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option prevents set-user-identifier (SUID) and set-group-identifier (SGID) permissions from taking effect. These perm...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /opt

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/opt</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /srv

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/srv</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /tmp

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/tmp</code>. Legitimate character and block dev...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /tmp

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/tmp</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opti...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /tmp

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/tmp</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /var/log/audit

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/log/audit</code>. Legitimate character and...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /var/log/audit

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/log/audit</code>. Add the <code>noexec</...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /var/log/audit

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/log/audit</code>. The SUID and SGID permissi...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /var/log

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/log</code>. Legitimate character and block...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /var/log

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/log</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /var/log

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/log</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions sh...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /var

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var</code>. Legitimate character and block dev...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /var

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> opti...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /var

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nodev Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/tmp</code>. Legitimate character and block...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add noexec Option to /var/tmp

    The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/tmp</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • kernel.kptr_restrict

    Configure exposition of kernel pointer addresses
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  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/selinux Directory

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/selinux, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/selinux
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable loading and unloading of kernel modules

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.modules_disabled</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Kernel panic on oops

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.panic_on_oops</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.panic_...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Limit CPU consumption of the Perf system

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.perf_cpu_time_max_percent</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w k...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Limit sampling frequency of the Perf system

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disallow kernel profiling by unprivileged users

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.perf_event_paranoid</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel....
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Configure maximum number of process identifiers

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.pid_max</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.pid_max=6553...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disallow magic SysRq key

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.sysrq</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=0</pre> ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable Access to Network bpf() Syscall From Unprivileged Processes

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w k...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Restrict usage of ptrace to descendant processes

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.yama.ptrace_scope</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.ya...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Harden the operation of the BPF just-in-time compiler

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.core.bpf_jit_harden</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.core.b...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable the use of user namespaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>user.max_user_namespaces</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w user.max_...
    Rule Medium Severity
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