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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
System Settings
File Permissions and Masks
Restrict Partition Mount Options
Add noexec Option to /var
Add noexec Option to /var
An XCCDF Rule
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Add noexec Option to /var
Medium Severity
The
noexec
mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of
/var
. Add the
noexec
option to the fourth column of
/etc/fstab
for the line which controls mounting of
/var
.