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The audit system must take appropriate action when there are disk errors on the audit storage volume.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-50599 OL6-00-000511 SV-64805r1_rule Medium
Description
Taking appropriate action in case of disk errors will minimize the possibility of losing audit records.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-03-20

Details

Check Text ( C-53113r1_chk )
Inspect "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" and locate the following line to determine if the system is configured to take appropriate action when disk errors occur:

# grep disk_error_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf
disk_error_action = [ACTION]

If the system is configured to "suspend" when disk errors occur or "ignore" them, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-55395r1_fix)
Edit the file "/etc/audit/auditd.conf". Modify the following line, substituting [ACTION] appropriately:

disk_error_action = [ACTION]

Possible values for [ACTION] are described in the "auditd.conf" man page. These include:

"ignore"
"syslog"
"exec"
"suspend"
"single"
"halt"

Set this to "syslog", "exec", "single", or "halt".