[PATCH] wpa_supplicant: Cache PMK for 802.1X 4-way handshake offload
Jouni Malinen
j at w1.fi
Mon Jul 27 02:08:05 PDT 2026
On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 10:22:28AM +0800, Chung-Hsien Hsu wrote:
> When driver-based 4-way handshake offload is used with IEEE 802.1X,
> wpa_supplicant_eapol_cb() retrieves the PMK from the EAPOL state machine
> and configures it to the driver. However, this path bypasses the normal
> host-driven EAPOL-Key processing path that stores the PMK in the WPA
> state machine and updates the PMKSA cache.
Could you please clarify why this is needed, i.e., whether this is
fixing an issue (and if so, what kind of issue) or this is just to keep
things more consistent or prepared for potential future changes?
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