STIGUI
V-269328CAT II — Medium severitySV-269328r1050210_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 must mount /var/tmp with the noexec option.

Rule version ALMA-09-028070 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

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 nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Verify "/var/tmp" is mounted with the "noexec" option:

$ mount | grep /var/tmp

/dev/mapper/luks-0e7206e7-bfb1-4a23-ae14-b9cea7cf76d5 on /var/tmp type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota)

If the "/var/tmp" file system is mounted without the "noexec" option, this is a finding.

Fix

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "noexec" option on the "/var/tmp" directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269328
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-269328r1050210_rule
Check ID
C-73359r1048360_chk
Fix ID
F-73260r1048361_fix