STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

RHEL 10 must not send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects.

DISA Rule

SV-281351r1184698_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281351

Group Title

SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186

Rule Version

RHEL-10-800190

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002385 - Protect against or limit the effects of organization-defined types of denial of service events.
• CCI-001106 - Review exceptions to the traffic flow policy on an organization-defined frequency for each external telecommunication service.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to not send IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.

Create a configuration file if it does not already exist:

$ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/ipv4_send_redirects.conf

Add the following line to the file:

net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0

Reload settings from all system configuration files with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl --system

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 does not send IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.

Check the value of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects" variables with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0

If "net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects" is not set to "0" and is not documented with the information system security officer as an operational requirement or is missing, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281351

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-800190

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 does not send IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.

Check the value of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects" variables with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0

If "net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects" is not set to "0" and is not documented with the information system security officer as an operational requirement or is missing, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5733