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RHEL-10-701180 - RHEL 10 must disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps.
Information
A core dump includes a memory image taken at the time the operating system terminates an application. The memory image could contain sensitive data and is generally useful only for developers trying to debug problems.Solution
Configure RHEL 10 to disable the systemd-coredump.socket with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now systemd-coredump.socket
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/systemd-coredump.socket -> /dev/null
Reload the daemon for this change to take effect.
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG v1r1
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-3(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002165, Rule-ID|SV-281320r1184635_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-701180, Vuln-ID|V-281320
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 561798d34771cea1314bed6645dfd7eef2ea157537bc6c2bf0c49956bb4f0912