1.1.8 Ensure nodev option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored)
Profile Applicability
Level 1 - Server Level 1 - Workstation
Description
The nodev
mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain special devices.
Rationale
Since the /var/tmp
filesystem is not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that users cannot attempt to create block or character special devices in /var/tmp
.
Audit
If a /var/tmp
partition exists run the following command and verify that the nodev option is set on /var/tmp
.
# mount | grep /var/tmp tmpfs on /var/tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
Remediation
Edit the /etc/fstab
file and add nodev to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /var/tmp
partition. See the fstab(5)
manual page for more information.
Run the following command to remount /var/tmp
:
# mount -o remount,nodev /var/tmp