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OpenShift must enable poisoning of SLUB/SLAB objects.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>By enabling poisoning of SLUB/SLAB objects, OpenShift can detect and identify use-after-free scenarios more effectively. The poisoned objects are marked as invalid or inaccessible, causing crashes or triggering alerts when an application attempts to access them. This helps identify and mitigate potential security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-257550r921593_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Apply the machine config to enable poisoning of SLUB/SLAB objects by executing the following:

for mcpool in $(oc get mcp -oname | sed "s:.*/::" ); do
echo "apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata: