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RFE: be able to filter out AVCs based on operation and "kmod" field

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      Description of problem:

      Most of our customers disable IPv6 through using "ipv6.disable=1" kernel command line parameter.
      On SELinux enabled systems (which is the standard), this leads to getting "module_request" AVCs, as shown in the example below:
      -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
      type=AVC msg=audit(03/02/2022 15:18:00.803:62) : avc: denied

      { module_request }

      for pid=1697 comm=dhcpd kmod="net-pf-10" scontext=system_u:system_r:dhcpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 tclass=system permissive=0
      -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

      This happens because the glibc resolver tries IPv6 in parallel to IPv4.

      For now, there is no way to hide this, either using audit or a selinux rule:
      1. audit cannot filter on "module_request"
      2. selinux rule cannot filter on "kmod=net-pf-10"

      Filtering out every "module_request" is not wise, so we need some enhancement to filter out only "known modules" for example.

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

      RHEL7 and later

      How reproducible:

      Always

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. Add ipv6.disable=1 to kernel command line
      2. Start a service that will use the glibc resolver, e.g. "dhcpd" with following configuration snippet

      -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
      ddns-update-style interim;
      update-static-leases on;
      ignore client-updates;
      authoritative;
      allow booting;
      allow bootp;
      -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

      Actual results:

      AVC

      Expected results:

      AVC but able to hide it wisely

            rhn-support-rbriggs Richard Guy Briggs
            rhn-support-rmetrich Renaud Metrich
            Richard Guy Briggs Richard Guy Briggs
            Dennis Li Dennis Li
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