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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Enable NX or XD Support in the BIOS

    Reboot the system and enter the BIOS or Setup configuration menu. Navigate the BIOS configuration menu and make sure that the option is enabled. Th...
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  • Memory Poisoning

    Memory Poisoning consists of writing a special value to uninitialized or freed memory. Poisoning can be used as a mechanism to prevent leak of info...
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  • slub_debug - debug options

    Defines the debug options to use in slub_debug kernel command line argument.
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  • Enable page allocator poisoning

    To enable poisoning of free pages, add the argument <code>page_poison=1</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. T...
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  • Enable SLUB/SLAB allocator poisoning

    To enable poisoning of SLUB/SLAB objects, add the argument <code>slub_debug=<xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_slub_debug...
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  • cron_system_cronjob_use_shares SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
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  • SELinux

    SELinux is a feature of the Linux kernel which can be used to guard against misconfigured or compromised programs. SELinux enforces the idea that p...
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  • SELinux policy

    Type of policy in use. Possible values are: <br>targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected. <br>strict - Full SELinux protection. <br>m...
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  • SELinux state

    enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. <br>permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. <br>disabled - SELinux is fully dis...
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  • Install policycoreutils-python-utils package

    The <code>policycoreutils-python-utils</code> package can be installed with the following command: <pre> $ sudo yum install policycoreutils-python-...
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