Networkmanager: denial of service

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager. When a system running NetworkManager with DEBUG logs enabled and an interface eth1 configured with LLDP enabled, a malicious user could inject a malformed LLDP packet. NetworkManager would crash, leading to a denial of service.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.

Weakness

• CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs

Affected products

• NetworkManager

  • affected 1.40 – < 1.48.10-2

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • unaffected 1:1.48.10-2.el9_5 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • unaffected 1:1.48.10-2.el9_5 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  All versions: unaffected

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  All versions: unaffected

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  All versions: affected

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

  All versions: affected

References (3)

• RHSA-2024:9317 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6501 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHBZ#2295734 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-6501](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-6501.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-6501)

Record last updated 21 Nov 2025, 07:06 UTC.