Nagios plugin check_mailq fails to run on RHEL 7.8, an AVC is seen

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Issue

  • Since upgrading the system to RHEL 7.8, the Nagios plugin check_mailq cannot execute anymore

    NRPE: Unable to read output
    
  • The following AVC is seen in /var/log/audit/audit.log

    type=AVC msg=audit(XXX): avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=XXX comm="check_mailq" path="/usr/bin/perl" dev="dm-0" ino=XXX scontext=system_u:system_r:nagios_mail_plugin_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
    • kernel-3.10.0-1127 and later
    • nagios

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