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RHEL-09-213045 RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Asynchronous Transfer Mode kernel module.

DISA STIG library V2R10
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381

Title

RHEL 9 must be configured to disable the Asynchronous Transfer Mode kernel module.

Control

Verify that RHEL 9 disables the ability to load the ATM kernel module with the following command: $ grep -r atm /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/* install atm /bin/false blacklist atm If the command does not return any output, or the line is commented out, and use of ATM is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Discussion

Disabling Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

Related controls

CCI-000381

Fix

To configure the system to prevent the atm kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/atm.conf (or create atm.conf if it does not exist): install atm /bin/false blacklist atm