AlmaLinux OS 9 must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269507 | ALMA-09-051940 | SV-269507r1050390_rule | CCI-001849 | 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. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-22 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-269507r1050390_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.
$ findmnt /var/log/audit
TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS
/var/log/audit /dev/mapper/luks-29b74747-2f82-4472-82f5-0b5eb763effc xfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota
If no line is returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-73439r1048898_fix)
Migrate the system audit data path onto a separate file system.