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		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	2024-05-30

Details

Check Text ( C-38168r619209_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.

Check Text ( C-38168r619209_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.