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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
System Settings
File Permissions and Masks
Restrict Dynamic Mounting and Unmounting of Filesystems
Disable Mounting of hfs
Disable Mounting of hfs
An XCCDF Rule
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Disable Mounting of hfs
Low Severity
To configure the system to prevent the
hfs
kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file
/etc/modprobe.d/hfs.conf
:
install hfs /bin/true
To configure the system to prevent the
hfs
from being used, add the following line to file
/etc/modprobe.d/hfs.conf
:
blacklist hfs
This effectively prevents usage of this uncommon filesystem.