RHEL 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-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
- ID
- SV-258034r1051267_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-291010
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
To configure the system to prevent the usb-storage kernel module from being loaded, add the following lines to the file "/etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage.conf" (or create "usb-storage.conf" if it does not exist):
install usb-storage /bin/false
blacklist usb-storage