AlmaLinux OS 9 must periodically flush audit records to disk to prevent the loss of audit records.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-269531 | ALMA-09-054690 | SV-269531r1050414_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| If option "freq" is not set to a value that requires audit records being written to disk after a threshold number is reached, then audit records may be lost. |
| STIG | Date |
| CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-22 |
Details
| Check Text (C-73562r1048969_chk) |
| Verify that audit system is configured to flush to disk after every 100 records with the following command: $ grep freq /etc/audit/auditd.conf freq = 100 If "freq" is not set to a value between "1" and "100", the value is missing, or the line is commented out, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-73463r1049943_fix) |
| Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to flush audit to disk by adding or updating the following rule in "/etc/audit/auditd.conf": freq = 100 The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. |