JBoss EAP fails to start up with error "Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/jboss/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/woodstox-core-6.0.3.redhat-00001.jar (Operation not permitted)"

Issue

• Newly installed JBoss EAP with proper user/group permission and privileges does not start up with the following error message:

  org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoadException: Error loading module from /opt/jboss/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/module.xml
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseModuleXml(ModuleXmlParser.java:337)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseModuleXml(ModuleXmlParser.java:293)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseModuleXml(ModuleXmlParser.java:254)
  at org.jboss.modules.LocalModuleFinder.parseModuleXmlFile(LocalModuleFinder.java:250)
  at org.jboss.modules.LocalModuleFinder.lambda$findModule$1(LocalModuleFinder.java:195)
  at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at org.jboss.modules.LocalModuleFinder.findModule(LocalModuleFinder.java:195)
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader.findModule0(ModuleLoader.java:700)
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader.findModule(ModuleLoader.java:693)
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader.loadModuleLocal(ModuleLoader.java:503)
  at org.jboss.modules.DelegatingModuleLoader.preloadModule(DelegatingModuleLoader.java:57)
  at org.jboss.modules.Module.addPaths(Module.java:1274)
  at org.jboss.modules.Module.link(Module.java:1644)
  at org.jboss.modules.Module.relinkIfNecessary(Module.java:1672)
  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader.loadModule(ModuleLoader.java:303)
  at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:371)
  Caused by: org.jboss.modules.xml.XmlPullParserException: Failed to add resource root 'unnamed' at path 'woodstox-core-6.0.3.redhat-00001.jar' (position: END_TAG seen ...      <resource-root path="woodstox-core-6.0.3.redhat-00001.jar"/>... @29:69) caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/jboss/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/woodstox-core-6.0.3.redhat-00001.jar (Operation not permitted)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseResourceRoot(ModuleXmlParser.java:1121)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseResources(ModuleXmlParser.java:932)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseModuleContents(ModuleXmlParser.java:697)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseDocument(ModuleXmlParser.java:469)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseModuleXml(ModuleXmlParser.java:335)
  ... 15 more
  Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/jboss/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/woodstox-core-6.0.3.redhat-00001.jar (Operation not permitted)
  at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.open0(Native Method)
  at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(RandomAccessFile.java:345)
  at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:259)
  at java.base/java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:214)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$Source.<init>(ZipFile.java:1460)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$Source.get(ZipFile.java:1426)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$CleanableResource.<init>(ZipFile.java:742)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$CleanableResource.get(ZipFile.java:859)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:257)
  at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:186)
  at java.base/java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:348)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.JDKSpecific.getJarFile(JDKSpecific.java:33)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser$DefaultResourceRootFactory.createResourceLoader(ModuleXmlParser.java:1618)
  at org.jboss.modules.LocalModuleFinder.lambda$new$0(LocalModuleFinder.java:103)
  at org.jboss.modules.xml.ModuleXmlParser.parseResourceRoot(ModuleXmlParser.java:1119)
  ... 19 more