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V-281228

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 10 must prevent special devices on file systems that are imported via Network File System (NFS).

Rule ID

SV-281228r1166636_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000213

Discussion

The "nodev" mount option causes the system to not interpret character or block special devices. Executing character or block special devices from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check Content

Note: If no NFS mounts are configured, this requirement is not applicable.

Verify RHEL 10 has the "nodev" option configured for all NFS mounts with the following command:

$ sudo grep nfs /etc/fstab
192.168.22.2:/mnt/export /data nfs4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,sync,soft,sec=krb5:krb5i:krb5p

If the system is mounting file systems via NFS and the "nodev" option is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to prevent special devices on file systems that are imported via NFS.

Update each NFS mounted file system to use the "nodev" option on file systems that are being imported via NFS.