The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must mount /dev/shm with the noexec option.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-218110	RHEL-06-000532	SV-218110r505923_rule		Low

Description
The "noexec" mount option causes the system to not execute binary files. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved binary files as they may be incompatible. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-03

Details

Check Text ( C-19591r377345_chk )
Verify that the "noexec" option is configured for /dev/shm. Check that the operating system is configured to use the "noexec" option for /dev/shm with the following command: # cat /etc/fstab \| grep /dev/shm \| grep noexec tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 If the "noexec" option is not present on the line for "/dev/shm", this is a finding. Verify "/dev/shm" is mounted with the "noexec" option: # mount \| grep "/dev/shm" \| grep noexec If no results are returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-19591r377345_chk )

Verify that the "noexec" option is configured for /dev/shm.

Check that the operating system is configured to use the "noexec" option for /dev/shm with the following command:

# cat /etc/fstab | grep /dev/shm | grep noexec

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

If the "noexec" option is not present on the line for "/dev/shm", this is a finding.

Verify "/dev/shm" is mounted with the "noexec" option:

# mount | grep "/dev/shm" | grep noexec

If no results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-19589r377346_fix)
Configure the "/etc/fstab" to use the "noexec" option for all lines containing "/dev/shm".