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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Prevent applications from mapping low portion of virtual memory

    To set the runtime status of the <code>vm.mmap_min_addr</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Core Dumps

    A core dump file is the memory image of an executable program when it was terminated by the operating system due to errant behavior. In most cases,...
    Group
  • Disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps

    The <code>systemd-coredump.socket</code> unit is a socket activation of the <code>systemd-coredump@.service</code> which processes core dumps. By m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable core dump backtraces

    The <code>ProcessSizeMax</code> option in <code>[Coredump]</code> section of <code>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</code> specifies the maximum size in ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable storing core dump

    The <code>Storage</code> option in <code>[Coredump]</code> sectionof <code>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</code> can be set to <code>none</code> to dis...
    Rule Medium Severity

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