RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-257806r942955_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
To configure the system to prevent the firewire-core kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/firewire-core.conf (or create firewire-core.conf if it does not exist):
install firewire-core /bin/false
blacklist firewire-core