Disable SCTP Support
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a
transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of
message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages
within one connection.
To configure the system to prevent the sctp
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf:
install sctp /bin/true
Rationale
Disabling SCTP protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_kernel_module_sctp_disabled
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Kubernetes Patch
---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition:
Remediation - Ansible
- name: Ensure kernel module 'sctp' is disabled
lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
regexp: install\s+sctp
line: install sctp /bin/false
Remediation - Shell Script
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install sctp" /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf ; then
sed -i 's#^install sctp.*#install sctp /bin/true#g' /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf