RHEL-09-654190 Successful/unsuccessful uses of the poweroff command in RHEL 9 must generate an audit record.
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Maps to AU-12 via CCI-000172
Title
Successful/unsuccessful uses of the poweroff command in RHEL 9 must generate an audit record.
Control
Verify that RHEL 9 is configured to audit the execution of the "poweroff" command with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l | grep poweroff -a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-poweroff If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.
Discussion
Misuse of the poweroff command may cause availability issues for the system.
Related controls
CCI-000172
Fix
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-poweroff To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command: $ sudo augenrules --load