Bug 1451834 - wpa_supplicant fails to detect external MAC change
Summary: wpa_supplicant fails to detect external MAC change
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: wpa_supplicant
Version: 26
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-17 15:24 UTC by Beniamino Galvani
Modified: 2017-06-09 19:03 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: wpa_supplicant-2.6-7.fc26
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Last Closed: 2017-06-09 19:03:11 UTC
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Description Beniamino Galvani 2017-05-17 15:24:42 UTC
Description of problem:

In some cases, especially when controlled by NM, wpa_supplicant may fail to detect external MAC changes, leading to a timeout when associating to an AP.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

wpa_supplicant-2.6-6.fc26


How reproducible:

30% of the times on my laptop


Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable MAC address randomization in NM
2. try to connect to a Wi-Fi network


Actual results:

Connection fails with timeout


Expected results:

Connection succeeds


Additional info:

Upstream fix: https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=290834df69556b903b49f2a45671cc62b44f13bb

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2017-05-19 07:47:15 UTC
wpa_supplicant-2.6-7.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1c80355e5b

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-05-19 21:11:00 UTC
wpa_supplicant-2.6-7.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1c80355e5b

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-06-09 19:03:11 UTC
wpa_supplicant-2.6-7.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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