Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The auditd service can be configured to take an action when there is a disk error. Edit the file /etc/audit/auditd.conf. Add or modify the following line, substituting ACTION appropriately:

disk_error_action = ACTION

Set this value to single to cause the system to switch to single-user mode for corrective action. Acceptable values also include syslog, exec, single, and halt. For certain systems, the need for availability outweighs the need to log all actions, and a different setting should be determined. Details regarding all possible values for ACTION are described in the auditd.conf man page.

Rationale

Taking appropriate action in case of disk errors will minimize the possibility of losing audit records.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_auditd_data_disk_error_action_stig
Severity: Medium
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SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023
Updated: about 1 year ago

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && rpm --quiet -q audit; then

var_auditd_disk_error_action='<xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_auditd_disk_error_action" use="legacy"/>'

# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^disk_error_action")

# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_auditd_disk_error_action"

# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^disk_error_action\\>" "/etc/audit/auditd.conf"; then
    escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
    LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^disk_error_action\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "/etc/audit/auditd.conf"
else
    if [[ -s "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" || true)" ]]; then
        LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "/etc/audit/auditd.conf"
    fi
    printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/audit/auditd.conf"
fi

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(1)
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(2)  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(4)
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(b)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - auditd_data_disk_error_action_stig
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_auditd_disk_error_action # promote to variable
  set_fact:
    var_auditd_disk_error_action: !!str <xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_auditd_disk_error_action" use="legacy"/>
  tags:
    - always

- name: Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error
  lineinfile:
    dest: /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    line: disk_error_action = {{ var_auditd_disk_error_action }}
    regexp: ^\s*disk_error_action\s*=\s*.*$
    state: present
    create: true
  when:
  - '"audit" in ansible_facts.packages'
  - ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(1)
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(2)
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(4)
  - NIST-800-53-AU-5(b)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - auditd_data_disk_error_action_stig
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - restrict_strategy

Configure auditd Disk Error Action on Disk Error

Description

Rationale

Remediation - Shell Script

Remediation - Ansible