V-269511

Discussion

The audit system should have an action setup in the event the internal event queue becomes full so that no data is lost.

Check Content

Verify that AlmaLinux OS 9 audit system is configured to take an appropriate action when the internal event queue is full:

$ grep -i overflow_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf 

overflow_action = SYSLOG

If the value of the "overflow_action" option is not set to "SYSLOG", "SINGLE", "HALT" or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator (SA) to indicate how the audit logs are offloaded to a different system or media.

If there is no evidence that the transfer of the audit logs being offloaded to another system or media takes appropriate action if the internal event queue becomes full, this is a finding.