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Bug#980203: linux-image-5.10.0-1-686:i386 ipw2200 returns bogus MAC address. Security implications????

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Hi Charles

On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 05:55:47PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> On boot, NetworkManager does its thing correctly, and gets the machine
> on the network. However, I use DHCP with fixed addresses. Getting the
> wrong MAC address throws this off, which is how the problem came to my
> attention. This is an intermittent problem. Not every boot results in
> the wrong MAC address.

NetworkManager can change MAC addresses for privacy reasons.  Did you
disable this feature?

> Jan 15 16:15:45 dragon kernel: [278773.780936] wlp2s2: Setting MAC to
> 8a:f5:74:20:7c:9e

So something _deliberately_ sets a local administered MAC address.

Regards,
Bastian

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	"Life and death are seldom logical."
	"But attaining a desired goal always is."
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Bug#980203: linux-image-5.10.0-1-686:i386 ipw2200 returns bogus MAC address. Security implications???? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-16 02:50 +0100
  Bug#980203: linux-image-5.10.0-1-686:i386 ipw2200 returns bogus MAC address. Security implications???? Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2021-01-16 09:40 +0100
    Bug#980203: linux-image-5.10.0-1-686:i386 ipw2200 returns bogus MAC address. Security implications???? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-16 20:50 +0100

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