1.1.15 Ensure nodev option set on /dev/shm partition

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Information

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

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. Run the following command to remount /dev/shm: # mount -o remount,nodev /dev/shm

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1859

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CSCv6|3.1

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2340fd8a943eb30a4ebe86b3d7da713eb73a5b0eadbf71614c532ec74dfcaa39