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RHEL: use dropin files when remediating sysctl rules #14353

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rhel8: put sysctl remediations into dropin files
vojtapolasek Feb 3, 2026
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rhel9: remediate sysctl in dropin files
vojtapolasek Feb 3, 2026
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rhel10: remediate sysctl in dropin files
vojtapolasek Feb 3, 2026
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add test scenario which ensures that correct value only in /etc/sysct…
vojtapolasek Feb 5, 2026
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions products/rhel10/product.yml
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Expand Up @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ reference_uris:
journald_conf_dir_path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d
audit_watches_style: modern
rsyslog_cafile: /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: true
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions products/rhel8/product.yml
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Expand Up @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ reference_uris:
cis: 'https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/red_hat_linux/'

journald_conf_dir_path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: true
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions products/rhel9/product.yml
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Expand Up @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ centos_pkg_version: "8483c65d"
centos_major_version: "9"

journald_conf_dir_path: /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: true
17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions shared/templates/sysctl/tests/correct_value_etc_sysctld.pass.sh
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#!/bin/bash
{{% if SYSCTLVAL == "" %}}
# variables = sysctl_{{{ SYSCTLID }}}_value={{{ SYSCTL_CORRECT_VALUE }}}
{{% endif %}}

# Clean sysctl config directories
{{% if "ubuntu" in product %}}
rm -rf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /run/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/* /etc/ufw/sysctl.conf
{{% else %}}
rm -rf /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /run/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/*
{{% endif %}}

sed -i "/{{{ SYSCTLVAR }}}/d" /etc/sysctl.conf

echo "{{{ SYSCTLVAR }}} = {{{ SYSCTL_CORRECT_VALUE }}}" >> /etc/sysctl.d/duplicate.conf

sysctl -w {{{ SYSCTLVAR }}}="{{{ SYSCTL_CORRECT_VALUE }}}"
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion tests/data/product_stability/rhel10.yml
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Expand Up @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ release_key_fingerprint: 567E347AD0044ADE55BA8A5F199E2F91FD431D51
rsyslog_cafile: /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
sshd_distributed_config: 'true'
sshd_runtime_check: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'true'
target_oval_version:
- 5
- 11
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion tests/data/product_stability/rhel8.yml
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Expand Up @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ release_key_fingerprint: 567E347AD0044ADE55BA8A5F199E2F91FD431D51
rsyslog_cafile: /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem
sshd_distributed_config: 'false'
sshd_runtime_check: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'true'
target_oval_version:
- 5
- 11
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Expand Up @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ release_key_fingerprint: 567E347AD0044ADE55BA8A5F199E2F91FD431D51
rsyslog_cafile: /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem
sshd_distributed_config: 'true'
sshd_runtime_check: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'false'
sysctl_remediate_drop_in_file: 'true'
target_oval_version:
- 5
- 11
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