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1.317 RHEL-10-700200

Information

RHEL 10 must prevent special devices on nonroot local partitions.

GROUP ID: V-281248RULE ID: SV-281248r1166696

The "nodev" mount option causes the system to not interpret character or block special devices. Executing character or block special devices from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

The only legitimate location for device files is the "/dev" directory located on the root partition, with the exception of chroot jails if implemented.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 so that "/etc/fstab" uses the "nodev" option on all nonroot local partitions.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001764, Rule-ID|SV-281248r1166696_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-700200, Vuln-ID|V-281248

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 17aeae88567522c19d1953f9fabcaa9dc3a11bb5e59b42772c69e068c8256fe1