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V-248617CAT II — Medium severitySV-248617r991589_rule

OL 8 must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on the /boot directory.

Rule version OL08-00-010571 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system not to 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 unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

For systems that use UEFI, this is Not Applicable.

Verify the /boot directory is mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

$ sudo mount | grep '\s/boot\s'

/dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,seclabe,attr2,inode64,noquota)

If the /boot file system does not have the "nosuid" option set, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on the /boot directory.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-248617
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-248617r991589_rule
Check ID
C-52051r779415_chk
Fix ID
F-52005r779416_fix