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1.357 RHEL-10-700850

Information

RHEL 10 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

GROUP ID: V-281288RULE ID: SV-281288r1166816

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 RHEL 10 to prevent the usb-storage kernel module from being loaded.

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

$ sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage.conf

install usb-storage /bin/falseblacklist usb-storage

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000778, CCI|CCI-001958, Rule-ID|SV-281288r1166816_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-700850, Vuln-ID|V-281288

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ee5b82dc6fedecddc4d8d5c04c08e74e877821425a32d67439741e2497f852b7