Auditing must be enabled at boot by setting a kernel parameter.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-63081r1_rule Auditing must be enabled at boot by setting a kernel parameter.

Vulnerability discussion

If auditing is enabled late in the boot process, the actions of startup scripts may not be audited. Some audit systems also maintain state information only available if auditing is enabled before a given process is created.

Check content

Check for the audit=1 kernel parameter. # grep 'audit=1' /proc/cmdline If no results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the grub bootloader file /boot/grub/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst by appending the "audit=1" parameter to the kernel boot line. Reboot the system for the change to take effect.

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