[PATCH v2] scan: disable MAC randomization during P2P provisioning

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Jul 27 02:04:57 PDT 2026


On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 01:27:00PM +0200, Benjamin Berg wrote:
> If the P2P GO has already been started and we are just trying to find
> its beacon, then we should not randomize the MAC address. Doing so
> would conflict with the P2P GO possibly having a MAC filter installed
> and ignoring the probe requests (wpa_supplicant does this).
> 
> So, do not enable address randomization if in P2P provisioning.
> 
> Also move the wpa_state check into wpa_setup_mac_addr_rand_params so
> that all the checks are in the same location.
> 
> Note that other P2P scans bypass the main wpa_supplicant scanning
> facilities and avoid MAC randomization that way.

Thanks, applied.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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