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AlmaLinux OS 9 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000690-GPOS-00140

ID
SV-269357r1050240_rule
Version
ALMA-09-031370
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

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

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