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RHEL-10-700850 - RHEL 10 must be configured to disable USB mass storage.

Information

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/false
blacklist usb-storage

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip

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: ea83b6ddfb868bf37220fe3ec10ad915593ba1092b9794bcaf1b7f25074072a1