AlmaLinux OS 9 must mount /boot with the nodev option.

STIG ID: ALMA-09-026310  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154 |  Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-001764 |  Vulnerability Id: V-269312

Vulnerability Discussion

The only legitimate location for device files is the "/dev" directory located on the root partition. The only exception to this is chroot jails.

Check

Verify that the "/boot" mount point has the "nodev" option is with the following command:

$ mount | grep '\s/boot\s'

/dev/sda2 on /boot type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota)

If the "/boot" file system does not have the "nodev" option set, this is a finding.

Fix

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "nodev" option on the "/boot" directory.