- Update to version 2019-12-R2
A bugfix release for Kismet 2019-12, R2 solves a number of quirks
which were quite annoying:
* Solve a race condition in Linux with interface naming. Due to
how the nl80211 layer handles interface naming, combined with
how systemd can name interfaces on some systems, it was
possible to have a race condition when Kismet defaulted to
kismonX interface names, resulting in either errors or Kismet
ignoring one of the interfaces.
* Solve a free on an unused pointer in nl80211 vif creation. The
new vif creation code doesn’t use the nl80211 flags
sub-message when there are no flags to add, but tried to free
it. This could cause a crash the first time trying to open a
source, but the second time would succeed.
* Fix TICC2540 USB devices. Some systems were very unhappy with
the order in which the USB device was initialized; now it
should be fine.
* Work around the very broken RTL8812BU driver. While we don’t
recommend this driver or these cards, due to a HUGE number of
issues, Kismet will now do its best to open one and get it
into monitor mode.
* Much smoother operation with very very large numbers of
sources. A side effect of the vif naming fix, interfaces are
now initialized and opened one at a time. While this may take
much longer to open huge numbers (dozens or more) of
interfaces, it is much more reliable and much less likely to
cause Kismet or kernel problems during the initial bring-up
and firmware load of interfaces.
* Minor output text fixes. Capture interface and base
interface were swapped in some messages to the user.