Title

The physical devices must not be assigned to non-global zones. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Solaris non-global zones can be assigned physical hardware devices. This increases the risk of such a non-global zone having the capability to compromise the global zone.

Check Content

If the system is not a global zone, this vulnerability is not applicable. List the non-global zones on the system. # zoneadm list -vi List the configuration for each zone. # zonecfg -z <zone> info Check for device lines. If such a line exists, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Remove all device assignments from the non-global zone. # zonecfg -z <zone> remove device <device>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-227555r603266_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-227555

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480

Expert Comments

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Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.