Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must enforce "root" ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must enforce "root" ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.

Description

Discussion Text

The " /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file stores sensitive system configuration. Protection of this file is critical for system security.

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Objective

V-281087

Rule

SV-281087r1268226_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-400350

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 enforces ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file with the following command:

$ sudo stat -c "%U %n" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

If the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file does not have an owner of "root", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to enforce ownership of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file.

Change the owner of the "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" file to "root" by running the following command:

$ sudo chown root /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

STIG check 156 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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