Rule ID
SV-45680r1_rule
Version
V1R12
CCIs
Kernel core dumps may contain the full contents of system memory at the time of the crash. Kernel core dumps may consume a considerable amount of disk space and may result in denial of service by exhausting the available space on the target file system. The kernel core dump process may increase the amount of time a system is unavailable due to a crash. Kernel core dumps can be useful for kernel debugging.
Check that the dumpconf service is not running. # /etc/init.d/dumpconf status If a status of “running" is returned, this is a finding.
Disable dumpconf. # /etc/init.d/dumpconf stop # insserv –r dumpconf