The SUSE operating system must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-234980 | SLES-15-030810 | SV-234980r991589_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 | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-234980r991589_chk)
Verify that the SUSE operating system has a separate file system/partition for the system audit data path.
Check that a 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.
> grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab
UUID=3645951a /var/log/audit ext4 defaults 1 2
If a separate entry for the system audit data path (in this example the "/var/log/audit" path) does not exist, ask the System Administrator if the system audit logs are being written to a different file system/partition on the system and 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-38131r619210_fix)
Migrate the SUSE operating system audit data path onto a separate file system.