The Bluetooth kernel module must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38682	RHEL-06-000315	SV-50483r5_rule		Medium

Description
If Bluetooth functionality must be disabled, preventing the kernel from loading the kernel module provides an additional safeguard against its activation.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-12-08

Details

Check Text ( C-46244r5_chk )
If the system is configured to prevent the loading of the "bluetooth" kernel module, it will contain lines inside any file in "/etc/modprobe.d" or the deprecated"/etc/modprobe.conf". These lines instruct the module loading system to run another program (such as "/bin/true") upon a module "install" event. Run the following command to search for such lines in all files in "/etc/modprobe.d" and the deprecated "/etc/modprobe.conf": $ grep -r bluetooth /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d \| grep -i “/bin/true”\| grep -v “#” If no line is returned, this is a finding. If the system is configured to prevent the loading of the "net-pf-31" kernel module, it will contain lines inside any file in "/etc/modprobe.d" or the deprecated"/etc/modprobe.conf". These lines instruct the module loading system to run another program (such as "/bin/true") upon a module "install" event. Run the following command to search for such lines in all files in "/etc/modprobe.d" and the deprecated "/etc/modprobe.conf": $ grep -r net-pf-31 /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d \| grep -i “/bin/true” \| grep -v “#” If no line is returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-46244r5_chk )

If the system is configured to prevent the loading of the "bluetooth" kernel module, it will contain lines inside any file in "/etc/modprobe.d" or the deprecated"/etc/modprobe.conf". These lines instruct the module loading system to run another program (such as "/bin/true") upon a module "install" event. Run the following command to search for such lines in all files in "/etc/modprobe.d" and the deprecated "/etc/modprobe.conf":

$ grep -r bluetooth /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d | grep -i “/bin/true”| grep -v “#”

If no line is returned, this is a finding.

If the system is configured to prevent the loading of the "net-pf-31" kernel module, it will contain lines inside any file in "/etc/modprobe.d" or the deprecated"/etc/modprobe.conf". These lines instruct the module loading system to run another program (such as "/bin/true") upon a module "install" event. Run the following command to search for such lines in all files in "/etc/modprobe.d" and the deprecated "/etc/modprobe.conf":

$ grep -r net-pf-31 /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d | grep -i “/bin/true” | grep -v “#”

If no line is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43631r3_fix)
The kernel's module loading system can be configured to prevent loading of the Bluetooth module. Add the following to the appropriate "/etc/modprobe.d" configuration file to prevent the loading of the Bluetooth module: install net-pf-31 /bin/true install bluetooth /bin/true