RHEL 9 must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257847	RHEL-09-231030	SV-257847r925528_rule		Low

Description
Placing "/var/log/audit" in its own partition enables better separation between audit files and other system files, and helps ensure that auditing cannot be halted due to the partition running out of space. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-61588r925526_chk )
Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for the system audit data path with the following command: Note: /var/log/audit is used as the example as it is a common location. $ mount | grep /var/log/audit UUID=2efb2979-45ac-82d7-0ae632d11f51 on /var/log/home type xfs (rw,realtime,seclabel,attr2,inode64) If no line is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61512r925527_fix)
Migrate the system audit data path onto a separate file system.