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-230294r627750_rule		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	2021-03-04

Details

Check Text ( C-32963r567628_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.

Check Text ( C-32963r567628_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.