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V-281235CAT II — Medium severitySV-281235r1166657_rule

RHEL 10 must mount "/dev/shm" with the "nodev" option.

Rule version RHEL-10-700135 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "nodev" mount option causes the system to not interpret character or block special devices. Executing character or block special devices from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

The only legitimate location for device files is the "/dev" directory located on the root partition, with the exception of chroot jails if implemented.

Check

Verify RHEL 10 is configured so that "/dev/shm" is mounted with the "nodev" 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 mounted without the "nodev" option, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to mount "/dev/shm" with the "nodev" option.

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

To reload all implicit mount units and update the dependency graph so that new options will apply correctly at next remount, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Use the following command to apply the changes immediately without a reboot:

$ sudo mount -o remount /dev/shm

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281235
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-281235r1166657_rule
Check ID
C-85796r1166655_chk
Fix ID
F-85701r1166656_fix