Why the system fails to reboot with the error message (fileaccess_mod loading out of tree module taints kernel)?

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Issue

  • After upgrading the kernel to 3.10.0-862.9.1.el7.x86_64 the system fails to boot with the error message:
fileaccess_mod loading out of tree module taints kernel
fileaccess_mod module verification failed signature and/or required key missing, tainted kernel

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5.

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