avoid chroot paths (#32778)

* avoid chroot paths

fixes #32764

* check name

lib/ansible/plugins/vars/host_group_vars.py

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class VarsModule(BaseVarsPlugin):
             else:
                 raise AnsibleParserError("Supplied entity must be Host or Group, got %s instead" % (type(entity)))
 
+            # avoid 'chroot' type inventory hostnames /path/to/chroot
+            if not entity.name.startswith(os.path.sep):
                 try:
                     found_files = []
                     # load vars