Details

https://docs.docker.com/ reference/commandline/cli/#daemon-socket-option

Solution

#> chown root-docker /var/run/docker.sock
This would set the ownership to ‘root’ and group-ownership to ‘docker’ for default Docker
socket file.

Impact-None.

Default Value-By default, the ownership and group-ownership for Docker socket file is correctly set to
‘root-docker’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/514

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CSCv6|3.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits