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/true

To 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: 11 14 3 9

BAI10.01 BAI10.02 BAI10.03 BAI10.05 DSS05.02 DSS05.05 DSS06.06

CCI-000381

4.3.3.5.1 4.3.3.5.2 4.3.3.5.3 4.3.3.5.4 4.3.3.5.5 4.3.3.5.6 4.3.3.5.7 4.3.3.5.8 4.3.3.6.1 4.3.3.6.2 4.3.3.6.3 4.3.3.6.4 4.3.3.6.5 4.3.3.6.6 4.3.3.6.7 4.3.3.6.8 4.3.3.6.9 4.3.3.7.1 4.3.3.7.2 4.3.3.7.3 4.3.3.7.4 4.3.4.3.2 4.3.4.3.3

SR 1.1 SR 1.10 SR 1.11 SR 1.12 SR 1.13 SR 1.2 SR 1.3 SR 1.4 SR 1.5 SR 1.6 SR 1.7 SR 1.8 SR 1.9 SR 2.1 SR 2.2 SR 2.3 SR 2.4 SR 2.5 SR 2.6 SR 2.7 SR 7.6

A.12.1.2 A.12.5.1 A.12.6.2 A.14.2.2 A.14.2.3 A.14.2.4 A.9.1.2

CM-6(a) CM-7(a) CM-7(b)

PR.IP-1 PR.PT-3

FMT_SMF_EXT.1

SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

RHEL-08-040024

CCE-82297-3

3.2.2

SV-230497r942927_rule
Updated: about 1 year ago

---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:      version: 3.1.0
    storage:
      files:
      - contents:
          source: data:,install%20tipc%20/bin/true%0Ablacklist%20tipc%0A
        mode: 0644
        path: /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
        overwrite: true

- name: Ensure kernel module 'tipc' is disabled
  lineinfile:
    create: true
    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
    regexp: install\s+tipc
    line: install tipc /bin/false  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - CCE-82297-3
  - DISA-STIG-RHEL-08-040024
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - disable_strategy
  - kernel_module_tipc_disabled
  - low_complexity
  - low_severity
  - medium_disruption
  - reboot_required

- name: Ensure kernel module 'tipc' is blacklisted
  lineinfile:
    create: true
    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
    regexp: ^blacklist tipc$
    line: blacklist tipc
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - CCE-82297-3
  - DISA-STIG-RHEL-08-040024
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - disable_strategy
  - kernel_module_tipc_disabled
  - low_complexity
  - low_severity
  - medium_disruption
  - reboot_required

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install tipc" /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf ; then
	
	sed -i 's#^install tipc.*#install tipc /bin/true#g' /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.confelse
	echo -e "\n# Disable per security requirements" >> /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
	echo "install tipc /bin/false" >> /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
fi

if ! LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^blacklist tipc$" /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf ; then
	echo "blacklist tipc" >> /etc/modprobe.d/tipc.conf
fi

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

Disable TIPC Support

Description

Rationale

Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

Remediation - Ansible

Remediation - Shell Script