SLEM 5 must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-261280	SLEM-05-231020	SV-261280r996324_rule		Medium

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 Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-65009r996323_chk )
Verify that SLEM 5 has a separate file system/partition 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=c4e898dd-6cd9-4091-a733-9435e505957a /var btrfs defaults,subvol=@/var/log/audit 0 0 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.

Check Text ( C-65009r996323_chk )

Verify that SLEM 5 has a separate file system/partition 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=c4e898dd-6cd9-4091-a733-9435e505957a /var btrfs defaults,subvol=@/var/log/audit 0 0

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-64917r995706_fix)
Migrate SLEM 5 audit data path onto a separate file system or partition.