SELinux has 3 modes.

• Enforcing
• Disabled
• Permissive (running but not enforcing)

The getenforce command  can be used to determine if SELinux is enforcing, disabled, or permissive.

~]$ getenforce
Enforcing

Likewise, the sestatus command can be used as well.

~]$ sestatus
SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name:             targeted
Current mode:                   enforcing
Mode from config file:          enforcing
Policy MLS status:              enabled
Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
Memory protection checking:     actual (secure)
Max kernel policy version:      33