RHEL 9 must write audit records to disk.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258170 | RHEL-09-653105 | SV-258170r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | 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 | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-258170r991589_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.