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V-269329CAT II — Medium severitySV-269329r1050211_rule

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

Rule version ALMA-09-028180 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

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 "/var/tmp" is mounted with the "nosuid" 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 "nosuid" option, this is a finding.

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269329
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-269329r1050211_rule
Check ID
C-73360r1048363_chk
Fix ID
F-73261r1048364_fix