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