The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must audit all uses of the unlinkat syscall.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210

Associated with: CCI-000172 CCI-002884

SV-86831r4_rule The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must audit all uses of the unlinkat syscall.

Vulnerability discussion

If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172

Check content

Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "unlinkat" syscall occur. Check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following commands: Note: The output lines of the command are duplicated to cover both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Only the lines appropriate for the system architecture must be present. # grep -iw unlinkat /etc/audit/audit.rules -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S unlinkat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S unlinkat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete If there are no audit rules defined for the "unlinkat" syscall, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "unlinkat" syscall occur. Add the following rules in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": Note: The rules are duplicated to cover both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Only the lines appropriate for the system architecture must be configured. -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S unlinkat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S unlinkat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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