RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.
- ID
- SV-257806r1044859_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-213055
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
To configure the system to prevent the firewire-core kernel module from being loaded, add the following lines to the file /etc/modprobe.d/firewire-core.conf (or create firewire-core.conf if it does not exist):
install firewire-core /bin/false
blacklist firewire-core