Re: Bug#1036265: Wifi deauthentications and complete connection loss with new packages: firmware-iwlwifi, firmware-realtek, firmware-misc-nonfree in version 20190114+really20220913-0+deb10u1

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Control: severity -1 important

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 10:17:39AM +0200, 255.255.255.255 wrote:
> Package: firmware-iwlwifi, firmware-realtek, firmware-misc-nonfree
> Version: 20190114+really20220913-0+deb10u1
> Severity: Critical
> 
> Kernel: 4.19.0-24-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.282-1 (2023-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Wifi Adapter_1: 00:0c.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:31dc] (rev 06)
> Wifi Adapter_2: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
> Loaded Firmware_1: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode
> Loaded Firmware_2: rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
> 
> Description: Due to the update from version 20190114-2 to version
> 20190114+really20220913-0+deb10u1 I realized, that I get often deaunthentications messages and the system is not reachable via ssh over wifi.
> The system is then not able to build a wifi connection again.
> Means I need to force a shutdown and reboot via powerbutton, which is not my recommended way. Or I must connect a cable to reach the system via ssh to initiate a reboot.
> For the WiFi connection the Edimax dongle is used, as the onboard adapter did not work properly. A complete rollback to version 20190114-2 fixed the issue.

Thanks for your report, I'm forwarding it to the debian-lts list
accordngly.

Regards,
Salvatore