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PHTN-40-000175 - The Photon operating system must be configured to audit the loading and unloading of dynamic kernel modules.
Information
Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216, SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222
Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.STIG.rules
Add or update the following lines:
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S init_module -F key=modules
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S init_module -F key=modules
At the command line, run the following command to load the new audit rules:
# /sbin/augenrules --load
Note: An "audit.STIG.rules" file is provided with this guidance for placement in "/etc/audit/rules.d" that contains all rules needed for auditd.
Note: An older "audit.STIG.rules" may exist and may reference older "GEN" SRG IDs. This file can be removed and replaced as necessary with an updated one.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, Rule-ID|SV-258851r991580_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000175, Vuln-ID|V-258851
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 16c1cf9f0b43ce036b7aaf31ee1e3c090eac0fff90fae865b2850cfee0d5bcd1