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1.86 RHEL-09-231095

Information

RHEL 9 must mount /boot with the nodev option.

GROUP ID: V-257860
RULE ID: SV-257860r1044940

The only legitimate location for device files is the "/dev" directory located on the root partition. The only exception to this is chroot jails.

Solution

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "nodev" option on the "/boot" directory.

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001764, Rule-ID|SV-257860r1044940_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-231095, Vuln-ID|V-257860

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1c9f4fd3e2ea72490d5283edd432cf87ccf0e9c5aac5ec75827f148c1a580b75