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RHEL-10-800030 RHEL 10 must disable access to the network bpf system call from nonprivileged processes.

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

Maps to SC-2 via CCI-001082

Title

RHEL 10 must disable access to the network bpf system call from nonprivileged processes.

Control

Verify RHEL 10 prevents privilege escalation through the kernel by disabling access to the bpf system call. Check the status of the "kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled" kernel parameter with the following command: $ sysctl kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 1 If "kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled" is not set to "1" or is missing, this is a finding.

Discussion

Loading and accessing the packet filters programs and maps using the bpf() system call has the potential to reveal sensitive information about the kernel state.

Related controls

CCI-001082

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to prevent privilege escalation through the kernel by disabling access to the bpf system call. Create the drop-in file if it does not already exist: $ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/99-kernel_unprivileged_bpf_disabled Add the following line to the file: kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 1 Reload settings from all system configuration files with the following command: $ sudo sysctl --system