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1.30 RHEL-09-213055

Information

RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the FireWire kernel module.

GROUP ID: V-257806
RULE ID: SV-257806r1044859

Disabling firewire protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

Solution

To configure the system to prevent the firewire-core kernel module from being loaded, add the following lines to the file /etc/modprobe.d/firewire-core.conf (or create firewire-core.conf if it does not exist):

install firewire-core /bin/false
blacklist firewire-core

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-257806r1044859_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-213055, Vuln-ID|V-257806

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: f05f1a91868be9a52333d78125bcff0c8b636e60aaef3c71f31c895336ce64ee