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V-274180CAT II — Medium severitySV-274180r1198347_rule

Amazon Linux 2023 must mount /dev/shm with the nosuid option.

Rule version AZLX-23-002590 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system to not execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Verify "/dev/shm" is mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

$ mount | grep /dev/shm tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nodev,nosuid,noexec,seclabel)

If the /dev/shm file system is not mounted with the "nosuid" option, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure Amazon Linux 2023 so that "/dev/shm" is mounted with the "nosuid" option.

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on the "/dev/shm" file system.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-274180
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-274180r1198347_rule
Check ID
C-78271r1198347_chk
Fix ID
F-78176r1120527_fix