Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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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 ensure that <code>pti=on</code> is added as a kerne...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. To ensure that <code>vsyscall=none</code> is added...Rule Medium Severity -
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configuration
UEFI GRUB2 bootloader configurationGroup -
Set the UEFI Boot Loader Password
The grub2 boot loader should have a superuser account and password protection enabled to protect boot-time settings. <br> <br> Since plaintext passwords are a security risk, generat...Rule High Severity -
zIPL bootloader configuration
During the boot process, the bootloader is responsible for starting the execution of the kernel and passing options to it. The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 boot loader for s390x systems is ca...Group
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