STIGUI
V-216211CAT II — Medium severitySV-216211r959010_rule

The centralized process core dump data directory must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Rule version SOL-11.1-080060 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-19

Discussion

Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the centralized process core dump data directory is not group-owned by a system group, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access.

Check

Check the defined directory for process core dumps. # coreadm | grep "global core file pattern"

Check the group ownership of the directory. # ls -lLd [core file directory]

If the directory is not group-owned by root, bin, or sys, this is a finding.

Fix

The root role is required.

Change the group-owner of the core file directory to root, bin or sys.

Example: # chgrp root [core file directory]

Identifiers

Group ID
V-216211
Group title
SRG-OS-000480
Rule ID
SV-216211r959010_rule
Check ID
C-36492r603079_chk
Fix ID
F-36456r603080_fix