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1.1.2.2.2 Ensure nodev option set on /dev/shm partition

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The nodev mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain special devices.

Since the /dev/shm filesystem is not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that users cannot attempt to create special devices in /dev/shm partitions.

Solution

- IF - a separate partition exists for /dev/shm.

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add nodev to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /dev/shm partition. See the fstab(5) manual page for more information.

Example:

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0

Run the following command to remount /dev/shm with the configured options:

# mount -o remount /dev/shm

Note: It is recommended to use tmpfs as the device/filesystem type as /dev/shm is used as shared memory space by applications.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/18209

Item Details

References: CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e83806d01d7e165fde8f8e647f70d87b73b01bcd336c19fed9ca3326c93b04c1