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

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sat Feb 22 01:35:32 PST 2025


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.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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