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Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000184-GPOS-00078
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must disable kernel core dumps so that it can fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails or aborts fail.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must disable kernel core dumps so that it can fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails or aborts fail.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must disable kernel core dumps so that it can fail to a secure state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails or aborts fail.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. Kernel core dumps may consume a considerable amount of disk space and may result in denial of service by exhausting the available space on the target file system partition.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>