RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-230294 | RHEL-08-010542 | SV-230294r1017105_rule | CCI-000366 | low |
| Description | ||||
| The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-230294r1017105_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.
$ sudo grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab
UUID=3645951a /var/log/audit xfs defaults 1 2
If an entry for "/var/log/audit" does not exist, ask the System Administrator if the system audit logs are being written to a different file system/partition on the system, then grep for that file system/partition.
If a separate file system/partition does not exist for the system audit data path, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32938r567629_fix)
Migrate the system audit data path onto a separate file system.