[RHEL] Connection issues "ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted"

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Issue

Network is not working and the "ping" tool is returning the following message :

# ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux all versions

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