STIGQter: STIG Summary: Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must configure the files used by the system journal to be group-owned by "systemd-journal".

DISA Rule

SV-260504r1184058_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-260504

Group Title

SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

Rule Version

UBTU-22-232095

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-001314 - Reveal error messages only to organization-defined personnel or roles.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Configure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to set the appropriate group-ownership to the files used by the systemd journal.

Create a drop-in file if it does not already exist with the following command:

$ sudo vi /etc/tmpfiles.d/zzz-systemd-stig.conf

Add or modify the following lines in the "/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/zzz-systemd-stig.conf" file:

z /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal 0640 root systemd-journal - -

Restart the system for the changes to take effect.

Check Contents

Verify the /run/log/journal and /var/log/journal files are group-owned by "systemd-journal" by using the following command:

$ sudo find /run/log/journal /var/log/journal -type f -exec stat -c "%n %G" {} \;
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000003c7a-0006073f8d1c0fec.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000@bdedf14602ff4081a77dc7a6debc8626-00000000000062a6-00060b4b414b617a.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000005301-000609a409
593.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/system@99dcc72bb1134aaeae4bf157aa7606f4-0000000000000001-000604dae53225ee.journal systemd-journal
/var/log/journal/3b018e681c904487b11671b9c1987cce/user-1000@bdedf14602ff4081a77dc7a6debc8626-000000000000083b-000604dae72c7e3b.journal systemd-journal

If any output returned is not group-owned by "systemd-journal", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-260504

Documentable

False

Rule Version

UBTU-22-232095

Severity Override Guidance

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5594