Trouble installing LXD on Manjaro 6.1.19

This might be a related issue…

Difference is, that lxd/lxc was already installed and working fine prior to a kernel upgrade.

After upgrade from kernel 5.15.102-1 to kernel 6.1.19-1 I get a similar error message:

$ lxc list
cat: /proc/self/attr/current: Invalid argument
aa-exec: ERROR: AppArmor interface not available

I am also running Manjaro

$ uname -srvm
Linux 6.1.19-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Mar 13 12:59:35 UTC 2023 x86_64

snap infos:

$ snap version
snap 2.58.2
snapd 2.58.2
series 16
manjaro -
kernel 6.1.19-1-MANJARO

$ snap info core

name: core
summary: snapd runtime environment
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/core
contact: snaps@canonical.com
license: unset
description: |
 The core runtime environment for snapd
type: core
snap-id: 99T7MUlRhtI3U0QFgl5mXXESAiSwt776
tracking: latest/stable
refresh-date: 30 days ago, at 02:08 EAT
channels:
 latest/stable: 16-2.58.2 2023-02-15 (14784) 122MB -
 latest/candidate: 16-2.58.3 2023-03-07 (14946) 122MB -
 latest/beta: 16-2.58.3 2023-02-22 (14946) 122MB -
 latest/edge: 16-2.59+git4448.38cfe3b79 2023-03-15 (15061) 123MB -
installed: 16-2.58.2 (14784) 122MB core

Similar answer from systemctl:

$ sudo systemctl status snap.lxd.activate 
× snap.lxd.activate.service - Service for snap application lxd.activate
 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/snap.lxd.activate.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
 Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2023-03-17 09:47:20 EAT; 1h 13min ago
 Main PID: 1605 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 CPU: 169ms

Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: Starting Service for snap application lxd.activate...
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 lxd.activate[1605]: aa-exec: ERROR: AppArmor interface not available
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: snap.lxd.activate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: snap.lxd.activate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: Failed to start Service for snap application lxd.activate.

and journalctl:

$ journalctl -xeu snap.lxd.activate.service

Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: Starting Service for snap application lxd.activate...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit snap.lxd.activate.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit snap.lxd.activate.service has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 137.
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 lxd.activate[1605]: aa-exec: ERROR: AppArmor interface not available
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: snap.lxd.activate.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit snap.lxd.activate.service has exited.
░░ 
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: snap.lxd.activate.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ The unit snap.lxd.activate.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 17 09:47:20 E2AspireA51545 systemd[1]: Failed to start Service for snap application lxd.activate.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit snap.lxd.activate.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit snap.lxd.activate.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 137 and the job result is failed.

snap connections returns following for lxd/lxc:

$ snap connections | grep lx
lxd-support lxd:lxd-support :lxd-support -
network lxd:network :network -
network-bind lxd:network-bind :network-bind -
system-observe lxd:system-observe :system-observe -

From aa-status I get for lxd/lxc:

$ sudo aa-status

apparmor module is loaded.
209 profiles are loaded.
203 profiles are in enforce mode.

...

snap-update-ns.lxd

...

snap.lxd.activate
snap.lxd.benchmark
snap.lxd.buginfo
snap.lxd.check-kernel
snap.lxd.daemon
snap.lxd.hook.configure
snap.lxd.hook.install
snap.lxd.hook.remove
snap.lxd.lxc
snap.lxd.lxc-to-lxd
snap.lxd.lxd
snap.lxd.migrate
snap.lxd.user-daemon

And apparmor profiles lists:

lsd /var/lib/snapd/apparmor/profiles/

snap-confine.core.14784
snap-confine.snapd.17950
snap-confine.snapd.18357

...

snap-update-ns.lxd

...

snap.lxd.activate
snap.lxd.benchmark

snap.lxd.buginfo
snap.lxd.check-kernel
snap.lxd.daemon
snap.lxd.hook.configure
snap.lxd.hook.install
snap.lxd.hook.remove
snap.lxd.lxc
snap.lxd.lxc-to-lxd
snap.lxd.lxd
snap.lxd.migrate
snap.lxd.user-daemon

Please kindly advise.
Any help would gratefully appreciated!
Many thanks in advance!