← Back to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-281249

CAT II (Medium)

RHEL 10 must enable the SELinux targeted policy.

Rule ID

SV-281249r1197242_rule

STIG

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-002696

Discussion

Setting the SELinux policy to "targeted" or a more specialized policy ensures the system will confine processes that are likely to be targeted for exploitation, such as network or system services. Note: During the development or debugging of SELinux modules, it is common to temporarily place nonproduction systems in "permissive" mode. In such temporary cases, SELinux policies should be developed, and once work is completed, the system should be reconfigured to "targeted".

Check Content

Verify RHEL 10 SELINUX is using the targeted policy with the following command:

$ sestatus | grep policy
Loaded policy name:             targeted

If the loaded policy name is not "targeted", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to use the targeted SELINUX policy.

Edit the file "/etc/selinux/config" and add or modify the following line:

SELINUXTYPE=targeted

A reboot is required for the changes to take effect.