Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1259870
Incomplete nl80211 backport broke hostapd
Last modified: 2016-05-10 19:12:04 EDT
Created attachment 1069994 [details] Patch fixing the issue Description of problem: Since the release of 6.7 and the 2.6.32-573 series of kernels, it is no longer possible to use hostapd, see bug #1251726. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try starting hostapd with a simple configuration. Actual results: nl80211: Could not add multicast membership for scan events: -2 (No such file or directory) Expected results: Successful hostapd start, and wifi connectivity. Additional info: The problem is due to the fact that multicast groups are not being registered in the genetlink-compat layer introduced. The attached patch fixes the problem, but not in the best way. What was done for ops would need to be duplicated for multicast groups. With it applied, hostapd works as expected again.
*** Bug 1253751 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thanks.
Has anyone tried with the new 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6 kernel? Sadly I can't try it on my box because is a production server..
(In reply to Martín Oyola from comment #4) > Has anyone tried with the new 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6 kernel? Sadly I can't try > it on my box because is a production server.. Hello Martin, Just tried the new 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6 kernel and still hostapd not starting with following error : nl80211: Could not add multicast membership for scan events: -2 (No such file or directory)
*** Bug 1251726 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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*** Bug 1285094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-593.el6
So that means the patch won't be available until RHEL 6.8 is released, right?
No, it will be available on RHEL 6.7 kernel update too (bz 1291978).
Not fixed by https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html
Installed RHEL-6.8-20160125.0 on a test system and installed hostapd. After manually configuring hostapd I was able to start the service successfully. Using another test system I was able to connect to the hostapd SSID and successfully ping the hostapd system. Marking as verified.
Confirmation that https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0150.html solved the issue for us.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html