When wpa_supplicant is used to connect to open networks, it causes the wdev->wext.keys to point to key memory, but that key memory is all empty. Only use privacy when there is a default key to be used. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Never happened of course with iw ... net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/wext-sme.c 2009-09-24 08:51:14.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/wext-sme.c 2009-09-24 08:57:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect(struct cfg if (wdev->wext.keys) { wdev->wext.keys->def = wdev->wext.default_key; wdev->wext.keys->defmgmt = wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key; - wdev->wext.connect.privacy = true; + if (wdev->wext.default_key != -1) + wdev->wext.connect.privacy = true; } if (!wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html