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

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-258214	SRG-OS-000477-GPOS-00222	RHEL-09-654200	SV-258214r1045427_rule	2025-02-27	2

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

ℹ️ Check
Verify that RHEL 9 is configured to audit the execution of the "shutdown" command with the following command: $ sudo cat /etc/audit/rules.d/* \| grep shutdown -a always,exit -S all -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=-1 -F key=privileged-shutdown 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 "shutdown" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-shutdown 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 "shutdown" command by adding or updating the following rule in the "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" file: -a always,exit -F path=/usr/sbin/shutdown -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -k privileged-shutdown To load the rules to the kernel immediately, use the following command: $ sudo augenrules --load