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RHEL 10 must disable Bluetooth.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-281289RHEL-10-700860SV-281289r1166819_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
This requirement applies to wireless peripheral technologies (e.g., wireless mice, keyboards, displays, etc.) used with RHEL 10 systems. Wireless peripherals (e.g., Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/IR keyboards, mice and pointing devices, and near field communications [NFC]) present a unique challenge by creating an open, unsecured port on a computer. Wireless peripherals must meet DOD requirements for wireless data transmission and be approved for use by the authorizing official. Even though some wireless peripherals, such as mice and pointing devices, do not ordinarily carry information that must be protected, modification of communications with these wireless peripherals may be used to compromise the RHEL 10 operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118
STIGDate
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-03-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
CFG-03Least Functionality
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (36) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00

+26 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.4.6
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.PS-01
1.00
PR.PS-05
1.00

Who does this work

5 NICE work roles and 5 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-281289r1166819_chk)

Verify RHEL 10 disables the ability to load the Bluetooth kernel module with the following command: $ sudo grep -rs bluetooth /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/* /etc/modprobe.d/bluetooth.conf:install bluetooth /bin/false /etc/modprobe.d/bluetooth.conf:blacklist bluetooth If the command does not return any output, or the lines are commented out, and use of Bluetooth is not documented with the information system security officer as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-85755r1166818_fix)

Configure RHEL 10 to disable the Bluetooth adapter when not in use. Add the following lines to the file "/etc/modprobe.d/bluetooth.conf" (or create "bluetooth.conf" if it does not exist): $ sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/bluetooth.conf install bluetooth /bin/false blacklist bluetooth Reboot the system for the settings to take effect.