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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
Updated



Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

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

Remediation - Shell Script

# 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.conf

Remediation - Ansible

- 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