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Disable IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Support

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The IEEE 1394 (FireWire) is a serial bus standard for high-speed real-time communication. To configure the system to prevent the firewire-core kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/firewire-core.conf: 
install firewire-core /bin/false

Rationale

Disabling FireWire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_kernel_module_firewire-core_disabled
Severity
Low
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Kubernetes Patch

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.1.0