Cron jobs cannot be run

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Cron jobs like mlocate or man-db.cron cannot be run, they trigger AVC denials:

SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/bash from create access on the unix_dgram_socket Unknown

and the jobs are not finished correctly.

Environment

RHEL 7

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