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Date:      Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:21:17 -0500
From:      Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        "Oleg V. Nauman" <oleg@theweb.org.ua>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org,  Cy Schubert <cy@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r336203 - in head: contrib/wpa contrib/wpa/hostapd contrib/wpa/hs20/client contrib/wpa/patches contrib/wpa/src/ap contrib/wpa/src/common contrib/wpa/src/crypto contrib/wpa/src/drivers c...
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote:
> In message <201807192114.w6JLEapA097589@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert
> writes:
>> In message <17042686.Mc0X0P6XHu@asus.theweb.org.ua>, "Oleg V. Nauman"
>> writes:
>> > On Thursday, July 19, 2018 4:54:42 PM EEST Cy Schubert wrote:
>> > > In message <CACNAnaEaMtRfHTXyCcGGmVP_37=gjLfDjPD5yd1gZqmpC0Z0Rg@mail.gma
>> > > il.com>
>> > >
>> > > , Kyle Evans writes:
>> > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Niclas Zeising
>> > > >
>> > > > <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> wrote:
>> > > > > [ sending this again since I missed the list the first time, apologie
>> s
>> > > > > if
>> > > > > anyone receives a duplicate ]
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On 07/19/18 13:57, Kyle Evans wrote:
>> > > > >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:51 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org
>> >
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> wrote:
>> > > > >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:48:03AM +0300, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
>> > > > >>>> ...
>> > > > >>>> Yesterday I updated my notebook (with iwm(4)) and also noticed tha
>> t
>> > > > >>>> wi-fi connection periodically breaks. /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
>> > > > >>>> restart
>> > > > >>>> wlan0 helps. After your message I reinstalled wpa_supplicant from
>> ol
>> > d
>> > > > >>>> source and now it works stable already about 2 hours.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> So, right now, we have broken wpa_supplicant(8) in -CURRENT? :-/
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Well, "broken". It's incredibly stable outside of rekeying events, a
>> nd
>> > > > >> further testing shows that I don't actually notice these disconnects
>> > > > >> most of the time because it reassociates fast enough. I noticed it t
>> he
>> > > > >> first time because apparently I had both SSIDs from my AP uncommente
>> d
>> > > > >> in my wpa_supplicant.conf and it decided at that point to connect to
>> > > > >> the other one, which took a little longer.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Contrary to Andrey's report, though, I don't have to kick
>> > > > >> wpa_supplicant at all. It will reassociate on its own every single
>> > > > >> time.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hi!
>> > > > > I have the exact same problem as Andrey, with the same driver.  I've
>> no
>> > t
>> > > > > investigated very much, but when using the 2.8 wpa_supplicant the wif
>> i
>> > > > > network dies after a little while, and I have to restart it (usually
>> > > > > with
>> > > > > /etc/rc.d/netif restart).  Then it works for a little while, before
>> > > > > going
>> > > > > down again.  With the old wpa_supplicant I didn't have this problem.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I don't have very much else to add except noting that I'm affected as
>> > > > > well.
>> > > > > I haven't had time to debug it properly (which is why I've never
>> > > > > reported
>> > > > > it)
>> > > >
>> > > > I plan on trying out the latest from upstream beyond the patch Cy sent
>> > > > along earlier to see if it's perhaps been addressed elsewhere in the
>> > > > past two years since this release was made.
>> > >
>> > > A point of reference. I've had no issues here with any of the networks
>> > > I use. All the networks I use are either WPA-PSK or open. The last
>> > > WPA-EAP I used was at former $JOB a few years ago. However, at the Link
>> > > Lounge just outside where $JOB is at my wifi would disconnect every 30
>> > > minutes using our old wpa 2.5, requiring a netif restart. 2.6 resolved
>> > > that issue.
>> > >
>> > > Upline git commit 0adc9b28b39d414d5febfff752f6a1576f785c85 also looks
>> > > interesting.
>> > >
>> > > ommit 0adc9b28b39d414d5febfff752f6a1576f785c85
>> > > Author: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
>> > > Date:   Sun Oct 1 12:32:57 2017 +0300
>> > >
>> > >     Fix PTK rekeying to generate a new ANonce
>> > >
>> > >     The Authenticator state machine path for PTK rekeying ended up
>> > > bypassing
>> > >     the AUTHENTICATION2 state where a new ANonce is generated when going
>> > >     directly to the PTKSTART state since there is no need to try to
>> > >     determine the PMK again in such a case. This is far from ideal
>> > > since the
>> > >     new PTK would depend on a new nonce only from the supplicant.
>> > >
>> > >     Fix this by generating a new ANonce when moving to the PTKSTART
>> > > state
>> > >     for the purpose of starting new 4-way handshake to rekey PTK.
>> > >
>> > >     Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I suspect a timeout because reason=1 in Kyle's log.
>> >
>> >
>> >  I have two systems experienced wifi connection issues after recent HEAD
>> > update.
>> >  Both of them experiencing frequent up/down wlan0 events on boot so wireles
>> s
>> > connection can not negotiate DHCP requests, possibly due to fact that both
>> > connecting to the same AP.
>> >  AP capabilities list:
>> >
>> > *****   f8:1a:67:56:16:16    1   54M  -74:-96   100 EPS  WPA WME ATH WPS
>> >
>> > Interesting enough that switching wpa_supplicant to version 2.6 from ports
>> > fixes that issue completely.
>> >
>> > Hopefully it helps.
>> >
>> >  Thank you.
>>
>> I've imported all the patches in the port, from our upline into base.
>> Some were already committed to
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
>> FreeBSD UNIX:  <cy@FreeBSD.org>   Web:  http://www.FreeBSD.org
>>
>>       The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
>>  base 2.5 others not. This should bring base up to par with the port,
>> address the remaining security issues, and probably fix this thread too.
>
> exmh. I had my cursor in the wrong place when I hit send.
>
> I've imported all the patches in the port, from our upline into base.
> Some were already committed to base 2.5 others not. This should bring
> base up to par with the port, address the remaining security issues,
> and probably fix this thread too.
>

FWIW- with ports 2.6 I've confirmed that instead of the reassociation I get:

Jul 19 18:17:30 shiva wpa_supplicant[34199]: wlan0: WPA: Group
rekeying completed with ... [GTK=CCMP]

I'll try with base 2.6 now that you've updated with all of these patches.



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