Vulnerability Discussion

Without generating audit records specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one.

Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter).

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222

Check

Verify Ubuntu 22.04 LTS generates an audit record for any successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "delete_module" syscall by using the following command:

$ sudo auditctl -l | grep -w delete_module
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S delete_module -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=module_chng
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S delete_module -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=module_chng

If the command does not return a line that matches the example or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Note: The "key=" value is arbitrary and can be different from the example output above.

Fix

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful use of the "delete_module" syscall.

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

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S delete_module -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k module_chng
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S delete_module -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k module_chng

To reload the rules file, issue the following command:

$ sudo augenrules --load

Note: The "-k " at the end of the line gives the rule a unique meaning to help during an audit investigation. The does not need to match the example above.