RHEL 9 must disable the ability of a user to accidentally press Ctrl-Alt-Del and cause a system to shut down or reboot.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-258031 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-09-271105 | SV-258031r1045114_rule | 2025-02-27 | 2 |
| Description |
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| A locally logged-in user who presses Ctrl-Alt-Del, when at the console, can reboot the system. If accidentally pressed, as could happen in the case of mixed OS environment, this can create the risk of short-term loss of availability of systems due to unintentional reboot. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify RHEL 9 is configured to ignore the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop with the following command: Note: This requirement assumes the use of the RHEL 9 default graphical user interface, the GNOME desktop environment. If the system does not have any graphical user interface installed, this requirement is Not Applicable. $ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys logout "['']" If the GNOME desktop is configured to shut down when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure RHEL 9 to ignore the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence in the GNOME desktop. Run the following command to set the media-keys logout setting: $ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys logout "['']" Run the following command to update the database: $ sudo dconf update |