Add noauto Option to /boot

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The noauto mount option is used to prevent automatic mounting of th /boot partition. Add the noauto option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of /boot.

warning alert: Warning

Although contents of the /boot partition should not be needed during normal system operation, they might need to be accessible during system maintenance and upgrades. Make sure that applying this rule will not break upgrade or maintenance processes affecting the system.

Rationale

The /boot partition contains the kernel and the bootloader. Access to the partition after the boot process finishes should not be needed. Files contained within this partition can be analysed and gained information can be used for exploit creation.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_mount_option_boot_noauto
Severity: Medium
References: BP28(R12)
Updated: about 1 year ago

- name: 'Add noauto Option to /boot: Check information associated to mountpoint'
  command: findmnt --fstab '/boot'
  register: device_name
  failed_when: device_name.rc > 1
  changed_when: false
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_boot_noauto
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: 'Add noauto Option to /boot: Create mount_info dictionary variable'
  set_fact:
    mount_info: '{{ mount_info|default({})|combine({item.0: item.1}) }}'
  with_together:
  - '{{ device_name.stdout_lines[0].split() | list | lower }}'
  - '{{ device_name.stdout_lines[1].split() | list }}'
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - device_name.stdout is defined and device_name.stdout_lines is defined
  - (device_name.stdout | length > 0)
  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_boot_noauto
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: 'Add noauto Option to /boot: If /boot not mounted, craft mount_info manually'
  set_fact:
    mount_info: '{{ mount_info|default({})|combine({item.0: item.1}) }}'
  with_together:
  - - target
    - source
    - fstype
    - options
  - - /boot
    - ''
    - ''
    - defaults
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - ("--fstab" | length == 0)
  - device_name.stdout is defined and device_name.stdout_lines is defined
  - (device_name.stdout | length == 0)
  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_boot_noauto
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: 'Add noauto Option to /boot: Make sure noauto option is part of the to /boot
    options'
  set_fact:
    mount_info: '{{ mount_info | combine( {''options'':''''~mount_info.options~'',noauto''
      }) }}'
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - mount_info is defined and "noauto" not in mount_info.options
  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_boot_noauto
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: 'Add noauto Option to /boot: Ensure /boot is mounted with noauto option'
  mount:
    path: /boot
    src: '{{ mount_info.source }}'
    opts: '{{ mount_info.options }}'
    state: mounted
    fstype: '{{ mount_info.fstype }}'
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - mount_info is defined
  - (device_name.stdout is defined and (device_name.stdout | length > 0)) or ("--fstab"
    | length == 0)
  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_boot_noauto
  - no_reboot_needed


part /boot --mountoptions="noauto"

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

function perform_remediation {
    
        # the mount point /boot has to be defined in /etc/fstab        # before this remediation can be executed. In case it is not defined, the
        # remediation aborts and no changes regarding the mount point are done.
        mount_point_match_regexp="$(printf "^[[:space:]]*[^#].*[[:space:]]%s[[:space:]]" "/boot")"

    grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" -q /etc/fstab \
        || { echo "The mount point '/boot' is not even in /etc/fstab, so we can't set up mount options" >&2;
                echo "Not remediating, because there is no record of /boot in /etc/fstab" >&2; return 1; }
    


    mount_point_match_regexp="$(printf "^[[:space:]]*[^#].*[[:space:]]%s[[:space:]]" /boot)"

    # If the mount point is not in /etc/fstab, get previous mount options from /etc/mtab
    if ! grep -q "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab; then
        # runtime opts without some automatic kernel/userspace-added defaults
        previous_mount_opts=$(grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/mtab | head -1 |  awk '{print $4}' \
                    | sed -E "s/(rw|defaults|seclabel|noauto)(,|$)//g;s/,$//")
        [ "$previous_mount_opts" ] && previous_mount_opts+=","
        # In iso9660 filesystems mtab could describe a "blocksize" value, this should be reflected in
        # fstab as "block".  The next variable is to satisfy shellcheck SC2050.
        fs_type=""
        if [  "$fs_type" == "iso9660" ] ; then
            previous_mount_opts=$(sed 's/blocksize=/block=/' <<< "$previous_mount_opts")
        fi
        echo " /boot  defaults,${previous_mount_opts}noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    # If the mount_opt option is not already in the mount point's /etc/fstab entry, add it
    elif ! grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab | grep -q "noauto"; then
        previous_mount_opts=$(grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}')
        sed -i "s|\(${mount_point_match_regexp}.*${previous_mount_opts}\)|\1,noauto|" /etc/fstab
    fi


    if mkdir -p "/boot"; then
        if mountpoint -q "/boot"; then
            mount -o remount --target "/boot"
        fi
    fi
}

perform_remediation

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

Add noauto Option to /boot

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