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OL 8 must disable the use of user namespaces.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. User namespaces are used primarily for Linux containers. "Rootful" containers run with root privileges on the host system and may pose a security risk if compromised. "Rootless" containers run without root privileges and allow for better isolation from the host system. The value "0" disallows the use of user namespaces. When containers are not in use, namespaces should be disallowed. When privileged user namespaces or "rootful" containers are in use, user namespaces should be disallowed. When unprivileged user namespaces or "rootless" containers are deployed on a system, the value should be set to a large non-zero value. The default value depends on the amount of memory in the system, approximately the total memory in kilobytes divided by 256. The sysctl --system command will load settings from all system configuration files. All configuration files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which of the directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the same option, the entry in the file with the lexicographically latest name will take precedence. Files are read from directories in the following list from top to bottom. Once a file of a given filename is loaded, any file of the same name in subsequent directories is ignored. /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /run/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/sysctl.conf</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-248892r991589_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the system to disable the use of user namespaces by adding the following line to a file in the "/etc/sysctl.d" directory:

     user.max_user_namespaces = 0

Remove any configurations that conflict with the above from the following locations: