Skip to content
Log In

SLEM 5 kernel core dumps must be disabled unless needed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 (DoS) by exhausting the available space on the target file system partition.

ID
SV-261270r996860_rule
Version
SLEM-05-213015
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

If SLEM 5 kernel core dumps are not required, disable the "kdump" service with the following command:

     > sudo systemctl disable kdump.service

If kernel core dumps are required, document the need with the ISSO.