The centralized process core dump data directory must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22400	GEN003502	SV-46152r1_rule		Low

Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the centralized process core dump data directory is not owned by root, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-43413r1_chk )
Procedure: Check the defined directory for process core dumps. # cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern|xargs -n1 -IPATTERN dirname PATTERN Check the existence and ownership of the directory # ls -lLd If the directory does not exist or is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39491r1_fix)
If the core file directory does not exist it must be created. # mkdir -p If necessary, change the owner of the core file directory. # chown root