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DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 8

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Configure immutable Audit login UIDs

    Configure kernel to prevent modification of login UIDs once they are set. Changing login UIDs while this configuration is enforced requires special...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • GRUB2 bootloader configuration

    During the boot process, the boot loader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The boot loader allows ...
    Group
  • System Must Avoid Meltdown and Spectre Exploit Vulnerabilities in Modern Processors

    Verify that Meltdown mitigations are not disabled:
    $ sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep mitigations
    The mitigations must not be set to "off".
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Kernel Page-Table Isolation (KPTI)

    To enable Kernel page-table isolation, add the argument <code>pti=on</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. To e...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable vsyscalls

    To disable use of virtual syscalls, add the argument <code>vsyscall=none</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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