severity 455456 normal reassign 455456 linux-2.6 thanks On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 09:17:40PM -0800, Leo L. Schwab wrote:
> Package: wireless-tools > Version: 29-1 > Severity: important > > 'iwconfig' when invoked with no arguments sometimes fails to > print the SSID of the currently associated AP. My seat-of-the-pants > guess is that it has something to do with the length of the SSID string. [...] > walkies:~# iwconfig eth2 essid "ERR:Buf overrun, restart scanner" [...] > (Yes, that's really the name of my second AP.) According to the upstream developer of wireless-tools, this is a kernel bug: > The ESSID bug > ------------- > > The latest Linux kernels have a bug in the handling of the > ESSID. The Linux kernel maintainers seems reluctant to fix this bug. > > Symptoms : > -------- > 1) There is a trailing '\x00' in the ESSID. > 2) If a ESSID with 32 character is set, it can not be read again. > http://madwifi.org/ticket/930 There is a patch for the kernel provided in the source of wireless-tools 30~pre5 (in experimental). If the upstream kernel maintainers won't fix this, please apply the patch to the Debian kernels. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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