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Enable the USBGuard Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The USBGuard service should be enabled. The usbguard service can be enabled with the following command: 
$ sudo systemctl enable usbguard.service

Rationale

The usbguard service must be running in order to enforce the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_usbguard_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Kubernetes Patch

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  annotations:
    complianceascode.io/depends-on: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_usbguard_installed
spec:

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if ( ! grep -q s390x /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease && rpm --quiet -q kernel ); then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'usbguard.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'usbguard.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'usbguard.service'

A Puppet Snippet

include enable_usbguard
class enable_usbguard {
  service {'usbguard':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-CM-8(3)(a)
  - NIST-800-53-IA-3

OS Build Blueprint

[customizations.services]
enabled = ["usbguard"]