RHEL-10-500620 - RHEL 10 must generate audit records for successful and unsuccessful uses of the "init" command.

Information

Misuse of the "init" command may cause availability issues for the system.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records upon successful and unsuccessful uses of the "init" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/init -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-init

Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo service auditd restart

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip