[PATCH 2/2] dbus: emit the PskMismatch signal also for SAE

Mitchell Augustin mitchell.augustin at canonical.com
Fri Oct 3 06:31:21 PDT 2025


Hi Jouni,

In my experience, I typically see
wpa_supplicant[1618]: wlP9s9: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=<address>
status_code=53

when I enter an incorrect password for my WPA3 network, which
corresponds to "Invalid shared key (pairwise master key identifier or
PMKID)" based on this list [0]. With that said, it seems like we
should send the mismatch alert only in cases of data->auth.status_code
== 53.

Do you agree? If so, are there any additional status codes we should
consider beyond 53 from [0]?

If you'd like to keep in line with WPA3 terminology, what name would
you recommend for the WPA3-SAE authentication failure signal?
"SaeFailure" or "PweMismatch" come to mind for me as possible options.


[0] https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7172038?hl=en#zippy=%2Cassociation-status-codes

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