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V-230303CAT II — Medium severitySV-230303r1017113_rule

RHEL 8 must prevent special devices on file systems that are used with removable media.

Rule version RHEL-08-010600 · STIG v2 · 2026-05-20

Discussion

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

Check

Verify file systems that are used for removable media are mounted with the "nodev" option with the following command:

$ sudo more /etc/fstab

UUID=2bc871e4-e2a3-4f29-9ece-3be60c835222 /mnt/usbflash vfat noauto,owner,ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to removable media and it does not have the "nodev" option set, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the "/etc/fstab" to use the "nodev" option on file systems that are associated with removable media.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-230303
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-230303r1017113_rule
Check ID
C-32972r567655_chk
Fix ID
F-32947r567656_fix