Successful/unsuccessful uses of the poweroff command in RHEL 9 must generate an audit record.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-258212	SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222	RHEL-09-654190	SV-258212r1045421_rule	2025-02-27	2

Description
Misuse of the poweroff command may cause availability issues for the system.

ℹ️ Check
Verify that RHEL 9 is configured to audit the execution of the "poweroff" command with the following command: $ sudo auditctl -l \| grep poweroff -a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-poweroff If the command does not return a line, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-poweroff To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command: $ sudo augenrules --load

✔️ Fix

Configure the audit system to generate an audit event for any successful/unsuccessful uses of the "poweroff" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/poweroff -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-poweroff To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command: $ sudo augenrules --load