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AlmaLinux OS 9 must disable the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) kernel module.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The SCTP is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages within one connection. Disabling SCTP protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

ID
SV-269345r1050227_rule
Version
ALMA-09-030050
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

To configure the system to prevent the SCTP kernel module from being loaded, run the following command:

$ cat << EOF | tee /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf 
install sctp /bin/false
blacklist sctp
EOF