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Add nosuid Option to /home

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The nosuid mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in /home. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these user data directories. Add the nosuid option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of /home.

Rationale

The presence of SUID and SGID executables should be tightly controlled. Users should not be able to execute SUID or SGID binaries from user home directory partitions.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_mount_option_home_nosuid
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Ansible

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - CCE-83100-8
  - DISA-STIG-SLES-12-010790

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if ( ! ( { rpm --quiet -q kernel ;} && { rpm --quiet -q rpm-ostree ;} && { rpm --quiet -q bootc ;} ) && ! ( [ -f /.dockerenv ] || [ -f /run/.containerenv ] ) ) && { findmnt --kernel "/home" > /dev/null || findmnt --fstab "/home" > /dev/null; }; then

function perform_remediation {
    
        # the mount point /home has to be defined in /etc/fstab