RHEL 10 must periodically flush audit records to disk to ensure that audit records are not lost.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-281111 | RHEL-10-500125 | SV-281111r1166285_rule | CCI-000154 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| If option "freq" is not set to a value that requires audit records to be written to disk after a threshold number is reached, audit records may be lost. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-03-11 | |||
Related Frameworks
2 paths across 2 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-6(4)
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000154
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-281111r1166285_chk)
Verify RHEL 10 is configured to flush audit records to disk after every 100 records with the following command:
$ sudo grep freq /etc/audit/auditd.conf
freq = 100
If "freq" is not set to a value of "100" or greater, the value is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-85577r1166284_fix)
Configure RHEL 10 to flush audit records to disk by adding or updating the following rule in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
freq = 100
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart