Loading the "loop" kernel module takes long time when there is a defined audit rule

Issue

• When there is any audit rule defined, the loading of ‘loop’ kernel module becomes very slow.

• Listing the configured audit rules:

# auditctl -l
-w /etc/redhat-release -p wa -k release_changes

• Loading of loop module is taking more than 5 minutes:

# time modprobe -v loop
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/loop.ko.xz max_loop=1000

real    5m54.881s
user    0m0.003s
sys     5m53.380s