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1.20 OL09-00-000047

Information

OL 9 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

GROUP ID: V-271450
RULE ID: SV-271450r1092466

USB mass storage permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059, SRG-OS-000378-GPOS-00163

Solution

Configure OL 9 to prevent the usb-storage kernel module from being loaded.

Add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage.conf (or create usb-storage.conf if it does not exist):

install usb-storage /bin/false
blacklist usb-storage

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-271450r1092466_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000047, Vuln-ID|V-271450

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2ad09bb4fb82face096555ff674bcf8f7c2c3c2c7456d1fecf3d1e19e342c085