documentation_complete: true

title: 'Disable /dev/kmem virtual device support'

description: |-
    Disable support for the /dev/kmem device.

    {{{ describe_kernel_build_config("CONFIG_DEVKMEM", "n") | indent(4) }}}

rationale: |-
    The /dev/kmem device is rarely used, but can be used for certain kind of kernel debugging
    operations.

warnings:
    {{{ warning_kernel_build_config() | indent(4) }}}

severity: low

identifiers:
    cce@rhel8: CCE-86947-9
    cce@rhel9: CCE-86948-7
    cce@rhel10: CCE-87428-9

ocil_clause: 'the kernel was not built with the required value'

ocil: |-
    {{{ ocil_kernel_build_config("CONFIG_DEVKMEM", "n") | indent(4) }}}

template:
    name: kernel_build_config
    vars:
        config: CONFIG_DEVKMEM
        value: 'n'

