RHEL 9 must disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257815	RHEL-09-213100	SV-257815r991589_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61556r925430_chk )
Verify RHEL 9 is not configured to acquire, save, or process core dumps with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status systemd-coredump.socket systemd-coredump.socket Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit systemd-coredump.socket is masked.) Active: inactive (dead) If the "systemd-coredump.socket" is loaded and not masked and the need for core dumps is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-61556r925430_chk )

Verify RHEL 9 is not configured to acquire, save, or process core dumps with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status systemd-coredump.socket

systemd-coredump.socket
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit systemd-coredump.socket is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)

If the "systemd-coredump.socket" is loaded and not masked and the need for core dumps is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61480r925431_fix)
Configure the system 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