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Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Configure kernel to zero out memory before allocation

    To configure the kernel to zero out memory before allocating it, add the <code>init_on_alloc=1</code> argument to the default GRUB 2 command line. ...
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  • Enable randomization of the page allocator

    To enable randomization of the page allocator in the kernel, add the <code>page_alloc.shuffle=1</code> argument to the default GRUB 2 command line....
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  • Ensure debug-shell service is not enabled during boot

    systemd's <code>debug-shell</code> service is intended to diagnose systemd related boot issues with various <code>systemctl</code> commands. Once e...
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  • 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. ...
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  • UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration

    UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
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