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ANSSI-BP-028 (enhanced)

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  • Restrict usage of ptrace to descendant processes

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.yama.ptrace_scope</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.ya...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Harden the operation of the BPF just-in-time compiler

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.core.bpf_jit_harden</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.core.b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Prevent applications from mapping low portion of virtual memory

    To set the runtime status of the <code>vm.mmap_min_addr</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Core Dumps

    A core dump file is the memory image of an executable program when it was terminated by the operating system due to errant behavior. In most cases,...
    Group
  • Disable Core Dumps for SUID programs

    To set the runtime status of the <code>fs.suid_dumpable</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w fs.suid_dumpable=...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable ExecShield

    ExecShield describes kernel features that provide protection against exploitation of memory corruption errors such as buffer overflows. These featu...
    Group
  • Restrict Exposed Kernel Pointer Addresses Access

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.kptr_restrict</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.kptr_r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Randomized Layout of Virtual Address Space

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.randomize_va_space</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Memory Poisoning

    Memory Poisoning consists of writing a special value to uninitialized or freed memory. Poisoning can be used as a mechanism to prevent leak of info...
    Group
  • Enable page allocator poisoning

    To enable poisoning of free pages, add the argument <code>page_poison=1</code> to the default GRUB 2 command line for the Linux operating system. T...
    Rule Medium Severity

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