STIGUI
V-257844CAT II — Medium severitySV-257844r1268251_rule

RHEL 9 must use a separate file system for /tmp.

Rule version RHEL-09-231015 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

The "/tmp" partition is used as temporary storage by many programs. Placing "/tmp" in its own partition enables the setting of more restrictive mount options, which can help protect programs that use it.

Check

Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for "/tmp" with the following command:

$ mount | grep /tmp 

/dev/mapper/rhel-tmp on /tmp type xfs (rw,nodev,nosuid,noexec,seclabel)

If a separate entry for "/tmp" is not in use, this is a finding.

Fix

Migrate the "/tmp" path onto a separate file system.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257844
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-257844r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-61585r1044917_chk
Fix ID
F-61509r925518_fix