The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all uses of the mount system call.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234934	SLES-15-030350	SV-234934r958412_rule	CCI-000130	low
Description
Reconstruction of harmful events or forensic analysis is not possible if audit records do not contain enough information. At a minimum, the organization must audit the full-text recording of privileged commands. The organization must maintain audit trails in sufficient detail to reconstruct events to determine the cause and impact of compromise. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215
STIG			Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2025-05-14

Details

Check Text (C-234934r958412_chk)

Verify the SUSE operating system generates an audit record for all uses of the "mount" system call. Check that the system call is being audited by performing the following command: > sudo auditctl -l | grep -w 'mount' -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k privileged-mount -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -k privileged-mount If both the "b32" and "b64" audit rules are not defined for the "mount" syscall, this is a finding. Note: The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier. The string following "-k" does not need to match the example output above.

Fix Text (F-38085r619072_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record for all uses of the "mount" system call. Add or update the following rules to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-mount -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged-mount To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon > sudo systemctl restart auditd.service or issue the following command: > sudo augenrules --load