STIGUI
V-257869CAT II — Medium severitySV-257869r1102009_rule

RHEL 9 must mount /var with the nodev option.

Rule version RHEL-09-231140 · STIG v2 · 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 "/var" is mounted with the "nodev" option:

$ mount | grep /var

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

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257869
Group title
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
Rule ID
SV-257869r1102009_rule
Check ID
C-61610r925592_chk
Fix ID
F-61534r925593_fix