linux-kernel - Problems with ath5k and WPA2 keys

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20091224002342.59a9a021@werewolf.home>
Date:	Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:23:42 +0100
From:	"J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@....com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Problems with ath5k and WPA2 keys

Hi all...

With last 2.6.32.2 kernel, I can't connect to my home WiFi router.
I use WPA2+PSK mode.

I have discovered it's related to key length:

one:~# iwconfig wlan0 key s:password
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
one:~# iwconfig wlan0 key s:passwor
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
one:~# iwconfig wlan0 key s:passwo
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
one:~# iwconfig wlan0 key s:passw

(this last works...)

So network scripts can not set my key...

I don't know if this is a problem in iwconfig or in the driver...

Any idea ? Any way to debug this ?

pd: hardware is Acer Aspire One 150:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e008
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    Memory at 35200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
    Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
    Kernel driver in use: ath5k
    Kernel modules: ath5k

TIA

-- 
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com>     \               Software is like sex:
                                         \         It's better when it's free
Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Cooker) for x86_64
Linux 2.6.29.3-desktop-1mnb (gcc 4.3.2 (GCC) #1 Wed May
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/