Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R10

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 9 must disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 9 must disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process.

Description

Discussion Text

Using interactive or recovery boot, the console user could disable auditing, firewalls, or other services, weakening system security.

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Objective

V-257788

Rule

SV-257788r1268251_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-09-212015

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify that GRUB 2 is configured to disable interactive boot.

Check that the current GRUB 2 configuration disables the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process with the following command:

$ sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep args | grep 'systemd.confirm_spawn'

If any output is returned, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the current GRUB 2 configuration to disable the ability of systemd to spawn an interactive boot process with the following command:

$ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args="systemd.confirm_spawn"

STIG check 11 of 445 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG checklist

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