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AlmaLinux OS 9 must disable mounting of cramfs.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Removing support for unneeded filesystem types reduces the local attack surface of the server. Compressed ROM/RAM file system (or cramfs) is a read-only file system designed for simplicity and space-efficiency. It is mainly used in embedded and small-footprint systems.

ID
SV-269344r1050226_rule
Version
ALMA-09-029940
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

To configure the system to prevent the cramfs kernel module from being loaded, create a *.conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with the following content:

install cramfs /bin/false
blacklist cramfs