RHEL 9 must write audit records to disk.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258170	RHEL-09-653105	SV-258170r926497_rule		Medium

Description
Audit data should be synchronously written to disk to ensure log integrity. This setting assures that all audit event data is written disk.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-61911r926495_chk )
Verify that the audit system is configured to write logs to the disk with the following command: $ sudo grep write_logs /etc/audit/auditd.conf write_logs = yes If "write_logs" does not have a value of "yes", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61835r926496_fix)
Configure the audit system to write log files to the disk. Edit the /etc/audit/auditd.conf file and add or update the "write_logs" option to "yes": write_logs = yes The audit daemon must be restarted for changes to take effect.