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The Ubuntu operating system must generate records for successful/unsuccessful uses of init_module or finit_module syscalls.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID
SV-219296r648693_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any use of the "init_module" or "finit_module" system calls. 

Add or update the following rules in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/stig.rules" file:

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S init_module -S finit_module -F key=modules
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S init_module -S finit_module -F key=modules