Disable TIPC Support
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol
is designed to provide communications between nodes in a
cluster.
To configure the system to prevent the tipc
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf:
install tipc /bin/trueTo configure the system to prevent the
tipc from being used,
add the following line to file /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf:
blacklist tipc
warning alert: Warning
This configuration baseline was created to deploy the base operating system for general purpose
workloads. When the operating system is configured for certain purposes, such as
a node in High Performance Computing cluster, it is expected that
the
tipc kernel module will be loaded.Rationale
Disabling TIPC protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_kernel_module_tipc_disabled
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated