Why are multiple semanage commands failing with the error: "libsemanage.semanage_direct_get_module_info: Unable to read xxx module lang ext file. OSError: Error"?

Issue

We see multiple semodule commands failing as per below:

[root@example ~] # semanage module -l 
libsemanage.semanage_direct_get_module_info: Unable to read xxx module lang ext file.
OSError: Error

[root@example ~] # semanage port -l
libsemanage.semanage_direct_get_module_info: Unable to read xxx module lang ext file.
OSError: Error

[root@example ~] # semanage -o
libsemanage.semanage_direct_get_module_info: Unable to read xxx module lang ext file.
OSError: Error

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