Successful/unsuccessful uses of the umount system call in RHEL 9 must generate an audit record.

Documentable No

Rule ID SV-258215r1155611_rule

CCI References

CCI-000130CCI-000169CCI-000172CCI-002884

Discussion

The changing of file permissions could indicate that a user is attempting to gain access to information that would otherwise be disallowed. Auditing DAC modifications can facilitate the identification of patterns of abuse among both authorized and unauthorized users. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215

Check Procedure

Verify RHEL 9 generates an audit record for all uses of the "umount" and system call with the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | grep b32 | grep 'umount\b'

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S umount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-umount

If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Action

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "umount" system call by adding or updating the following rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" and adding the following rules to "/etc/audit/rules.d/perm_mod.rules" or updating the existing rules in files in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/" directory:

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S umount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-umount

To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command:

$ sudo augenrules --load