STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

RHEL 10 must allocate an "audit_backlog_limit" of sufficient size to capture processes that start prior to the audit daemon.

DISA Rule

SV-281102r1195414_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281102

Group Title

SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500030

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000130 - Ensure that audit records containing information that establishes what type of event occurred.
• CCI-000135 - Generate audit records containing the organization-defined additional information that is to be included in the audit records.
• CCI-000169 - Provide audit record generation capability for the event types the system is capable of auditing as defined in AU-2 a. on organization-defined information system components.
• CCI-001464 - Initiates session audits automatically at system start-up.
• CCI-001849 - Allocate audit log storage capacity to accommodate organization-defined audit record retention requirements.
• CCI-002884 - Log organization-defined audit events for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
• CCI-000172 - Generate audit records for the event types defined in AU-2 c that include the audit record content defined in AU-3.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to allocate sufficient "audit_backlog_limit" to capture processes that start prior to the audit daemon with the following command:

$ sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args=audit_backlog_limit=8192

The setting will be applied on reboot.

Check Contents

Verify RHEL 10 allocates a sufficient "audit_backlog_limit" to capture processes that start prior to the audit daemon with the following command:

$ grep -oP 'audit_backlog_limit=\K[0-9]+' /proc/cmdline
8192

If the command returns any outputs, and "audit_backlog_limit" is less than "8192", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281102

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500030

Severity Override Guidance

Verify RHEL 10 allocates a sufficient "audit_backlog_limit" to capture processes that start prior to the audit daemon with the following command:

$ grep -oP 'audit_backlog_limit=\K[0-9]+' /proc/cmdline
8192

If the command returns any outputs, and "audit_backlog_limit" is less than "8192", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5733