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

RHEL 10 must take appropriate action when the internal event queue is full.

DISA Rule

SV-281109r1184691_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-281109

Group Title

SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500115

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001851 - Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure RHEL 10 to take appropriate action when the internal event queue is full.

Edit the "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" file and add or update the "overflow_action" option:

overflow_action = syslog

Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo service auditd restart

Check Contents

Verify the RHEL 10 audit system is configured to take an appropriate action when the internal event queue is full:

$ sudo grep overflow_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf
overflow_action = syslog

If the value of the "overflow_action" option is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt", or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator to indicate how the audit logs are off-loaded to a different system or media.

If there is no evidence that the audit system is configured to off-load the audit logs to another system or media, and if the overflow action is not set to take appropriate action if the internal event queue becomes full, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-281109

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-10-500115

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the RHEL 10 audit system is configured to take an appropriate action when the internal event queue is full:

$ sudo grep overflow_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf
overflow_action = syslog

If the value of the "overflow_action" option is not set to "syslog", "single", or "halt", or the line is commented out, ask the system administrator to indicate how the audit logs are off-loaded to a different system or media.

If there is no evidence that the audit system is configured to off-load the audit logs to another system or media, and if the overflow action is not set to take appropriate action if the internal event queue becomes full, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5733