RHEL 10 must write audit records to disk.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-281099 | RHEL-10-500015 | SV-281099r1165652_rule | CCI-000163 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Audit data must be synchronously written to disk to ensure log integrity. This setting ensures that all audit event data is written to disk. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-11 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-281099r1165652_chk)
Verify the RHEL 10 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-85565r1165651_fix)
Configure the RHEL 10 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
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart