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V-281245CAT II — Medium severitySV-281245r1166687_rule

RHEL 10 must mount "/var/tmp" with the "nodev" option.

Rule version RHEL-10-700185 · 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 "/var/tmp" is mounted with the "nodev" option:

$ mount | grep /var/tmp /dev/mapper/luks-c98555c8-0462-4b97-9afa-6db8c4bfee3b on /var/tmp type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2)

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

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to mount "/var/tmp" with the "nodev" option.

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

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 /var/tmp

Identifiers

Group ID
V-281245
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-281245r1166687_rule
Check ID
C-85806r1166685_chk
Fix ID
F-85711r1166686_fix