Disable SMART Disk Monitoring Service (smartd)

An XCCDF Rule

Description

SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a feature of hard drives that allows them to detect symptoms of disk failure and relay an appropriate warning. The smartd service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now smartd.service

Rationale

SMART can help ensure availability of systems by notifying system operators of failing hardware. Nevertheless, if it is not needed or the system's drives are not SMART-capable (such as solid state drives), this service can be disabled.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_smartd_disabled
Severity: Low
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CM-6(a) CM-7(a) CM-7(b)

PR.IP-1 PR.PT-3
Updated: about 1 year ago

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.1.0    systemd:
      units:
      - name: smartd.service
        enabled: false
        mask: true
      - name: smartd.socket
        enabled: false
        mask: true


[customizations.services]
disabled = ["smartd"]

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

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'smartd.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'smartd.service'"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'smartd.service'
# Disable socket activation if we have a unit file for it
if "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" -q list-unit-files smartd.socket; then
    "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'smartd.socket'
    "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'smartd.socket'
fi
# The service may not be running because it has been started and failed,
# so let's reset the state so OVAL checks pass.
# Service should be 'inactive', not 'failed' after reboot though.
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" reset-failed 'smartd.service' || true

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

- name: Block Disable service smartd
  block:

  - name: Disable service smartd
    block:
    - name: Disable service smartd
      systemd:
        name: smartd.service
        enabled: 'no'
        state: stopped
        masked: 'yes'
    rescue:

    - name: Intentionally ignored previous 'Disable service smartd' failure, service
        was already disabled
      meta: noop
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - low_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_smartd_disabled

- name: Unit Socket Exists - smartd.socket
  command: systemctl -q list-unit-files smartd.socket
  register: socket_file_exists
  changed_when: false
  failed_when: socket_file_exists.rc not in [0, 1]
  check_mode: false
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - low_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_smartd_disabled

- name: Disable socket smartd
  systemd:
    name: smartd.socket
    enabled: 'no'
    state: stopped
    masked: 'yes'
  when:
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  - socket_file_exists.stdout_lines is search("smartd.socket",multiline=True)
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - low_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_smartd_disabled

include disable_smartd

class disable_smartd {
  service {'smartd':
    enable => false,
    ensure => 'stopped',  }
}

Disable SMART Disk Monitoring Service (smartd)

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