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RHEL-10-700900 RHEL 10 must implement nonexecutable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

DISA STIG library V1R3
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to SI-16 via CCI-002824

Title

RHEL 10 must implement nonexecutable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

Control

Verify RHEL 10 implements nonexecutable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. Run the following command: $ sudo grep ^flags /proc/cpuinfo | grep -Ev '([^[:alnum:]])(nx)([^[:alnum:]]|$)' If any output is returned, this is a finding. Run the following command: $ sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep args | grep -E '([^[:alnum:]])(noexec)([^[:alnum:]])' If any output is returned, this is a finding.

Discussion

ExecShield uses the segmentation feature on all x86 systems to prevent execution in memory higher than a certain address. It writes an address as a limit in the code segment descriptor, to control where code can be executed, on a per-process basis. When the kernel places a process's memory regions such as the stack and heap higher than this address, the hardware prevents execution in that address range. This is enabled by default on the latest Red Hat and Fedora systems if supported by the hardware.

Related controls

CCI-002824

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to implement nonexecutable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. Update the GRUB 2 bootloader configuration. Run the following command: $ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args=noexec