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This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #2061680

Description of problem:
After a fresh RHEL 9.0 Beta installation and initial boot there is a mislabeled file created by prefixdevname present:

# restorecon -Rv /
Relabeled /etc/systemd/network/71-net-ifnames-prefix-net0.link from system_u:object_r:systemd_hwdb_etc_t:s0 to system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0

It would be nice to have the labels changed where needed so that restorecon wouldn't change anything. Thanks.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 9.0 Beta

Default type is selected by the policy as "systemd_hwdb_etc_t" because of the following type transition,
type_transition udev_t etc_t:file systemd_hwdb_etc_t;

This essentially means that whenever udev (or whatever is forked-off by udev, e.g. prefixdevname) is creating a file in a directory labeled etc_t the resulting label will be systemd_hwdb_etc_t.
AFAICT, more generic label etc_t that is set by restorecon is just a result of default label inheritance, i.e. file inherits the label from the parent directory. I think the correct fix would be to adjust the type_transition and migrate it to named type transition, maybe something like this,
type_transition udev_t etc_t:file systemd_hwdb_etc_t hwdb.bin;

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:8283