Re: [PATCH] STA: Allow management action frames reporting through the control interface

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 05:03:51PM +0100, Quentin Feraboli wrote:
> If configured, all registered management action frames will be reported on the control interface.

Could you please clarify what this would be used for?

While most Action frames do not have particularly confidential material,
at least one of them does: WNM-Sleep Mode Response frame could include
group keys. It is not acceptable for wpa_supplicant to broadcast those
to all external programs listening to control interface events.

-- 
Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

_______________________________________________
Hostap mailing list
Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux