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Ensure noexec option set on /var/log/audit partition

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Ensure noexec option set on /var/log/audit partition

Profile

Level 1 - Server / Level 1 - Workstation, Assessment: Automated

Description

The noexec mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain executable binaries.

Rationale

Since the /var/log/audit filesystem is only intended for audit log files, set this option to ensure that users cannot run executable binaries from /var/log/audit.

Impact

None noted.

Audit Procedure

Command Line

Verify that the noexec option is set for the /var/log/audit mount.

# findmnt -kn /var/log/audit | grep noexec

Expected Result

/var/log/audit     /dev/sda5  ext4   rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel

Remediation

Command Line

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add noexec to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /var/log/audit partition.

# Example:
# <device> /var/log/audit   <fstype>   defaults,rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime   0 0

# Run the following command to remount /var/log/audit with the configured options:
mount -o remount /var/log/audit

Default Value

Not set by default.

References

  1. See the fstab(5) manual page for more information.
  2. NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5: CM-11

CIS Controls

v8 - 3.3 Configure Data Access Control Lists (IG 1, IG 2, IG 3) v7 - 14.6 Protect Information through Access Control Lists (IG 1, IG 2, IG 3)

MITRE ATT&CK Mappings: T1204, T1204.002 (TA0005) - M1022