The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that a separate file system is used for user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-221754 | OL07-00-021310 | SV-221754r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | low |
| Description | ||||
| The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-221754r991589_chk)
Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for non-privileged local interactive user home directories.
Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users (those with a UID of 1000 or greater) on the system with the following command:
# awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6, $7}' /etc/passwd
adamsj 1000 /home/adamsj /bin/bash
jacksonm 1001 /home/jacksonm /bin/bash
smithj 1002 /home/smithj /bin/bash
The output of the command will give the directory/partition that contains the home directories for the non-privileged users on the system (in this example, /home) and users' shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as /bin/bash) are considered interactive users.
Check that a file system/partition has been created for the non-privileged interactive users with the following command:
Note: The partition of /home is used in the example.
# grep /home /etc/fstab
UUID=333ada18 /home ext4 noatime,nobarrier,nodev 1 2
If a separate entry for the file system/partition that contains the non-privileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-23458r419335_fix)
Migrate the "/home" directory onto a separate file system/partition.