RHEL 9 must be a vendor-supported release.

Documentable No

Rule ID SV-257777r1155676_rule

CCI References

CCI-000366

Discussion

An operating system release is considered "supported" if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software. End Of Life dates for Red Hat Linux 9 releases are as follows: Current end of Full Support for Red Hat Linux 9 is 31 May 2027. Current end of Maintenance Support for Red Hat Linux 9 is 31 May 3032. Current end of Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) for Red Hat Linux 9 is 31 May 2035.

Check Procedure

Verify the version or RHEL 9 is vendor supported with the following command:

$ cat /etc/redhat-release 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.6 (Plow)

If the installed version of RHEL 9 is not supported, this is a finding.

Fix Action

Upgrade to a supported version of RHEL 9.