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Title: NetworkManager resets spoofed mac address to physical mac Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04 bumped NetworkManager to version 1.1.93. Unlike 15.10 (with v1.0.4) and earlier NetworkManager now resets temporary mac of an interface to actual physical mac effectively disabling typical wifi anonymization technics. Same issue is present in just released NetworkManager 1.2. It appears that sometime between 1.0.10 and 1.1.93 there was a change in src/devices/wifi/nm-device-wifi.c from /* Set spoof MAC to the interface */ cloned_mac = nm_setting_wireless_get_cloned_mac_address (s_wireless); if (cloned_mac) nm_device_set_hw_addr (device, cloned_mac, "set", LOGD_WIFI); to /* Set spoof MAC to the interface */ cloned_mac = nm_setting_wireless_get_cloned_mac_address (s_wireless); nm_device_set_hw_addr (device, cloned_mac, "set", LOGD_WIFI); cloned_mac is NULL if not specified in NetworkManager GUI. When called with NULL nm_device_set_hw_addr sets the mac to physical mac of the interface. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1573856/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
