[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#749201: WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver

[Francois Marier]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 1.1-1
Severity: normal

Using network manager and a built-in 3945 Intel wifi chipset.

I can't connect to my local access point using WPA. Here are the relevant log messages:

  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'apname'.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'apname'
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): preparing device.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'apname' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'apname'
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <warn> Couldn't retrieve BSSID properties: failed to parse RSN IE.
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
  May 25 12:30:49 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> scanning
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname wpa_supplicant[2407]: wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='apname' freq=2422 MHz)
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname wpa_supplicant[2407]: wlan0: Trying to associate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='apname' freq=2422 MHz)
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname wpa_supplicant[2407]: wlan0: Associated with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
  May 25 12:30:51 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4-way handshake
  May 25 12:30:52 hostname wpa_supplicant[2407]: wlan0: WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver (alg=3 keylen=16 bssid=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
  May 25 12:30:52 hostname wpa_supplicant[2407]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 reason=1
  May 25 12:30:52 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected
  May 25 12:30:52 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): disconnected during association, asking for new key.
  May 25 12:30:52 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'supplicant-disconnect') [50 60 8]
  May 25 12:30:57 hostname NetworkManager[6234]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive

Let me know if there's any other information that might be useful.

Francois

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii  adduser           3.113+nmu3
ii  initscripts       2.88dsf-53
ii  libc6             2.18-7
ii  libdbus-1-3       1.8.2-1
ii  libnl-3-200       3.2.24-2
ii  libnl-genl-3-200  3.2.24-2
ii  libpcsclite1      1.8.11-3
ii  libreadline6      6.3-6
ii  libssl1.0.0       1.0.1g-4
ii  lsb-base          4.1+Debian12

wpasupplicant recommends no packages.

Versions of packages wpasupplicant suggests:
pn  libengine-pkcs11-openssl  <none>
pn  wpagui                    <none>

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