This is not reproducible on Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.15.0-38-generic nor on Ubuntu 18.10. Guess it was some kind of hickup around 4.15.0-33..
BR /Fredrik frol@ubuntu1810:/tmp$ sudo tcpdump -i lo -enlx [sudo] lösenord för frol: tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes 08:43:09.196872 02:00:00:00:00:01 > 02:00:00:00:00:00, ethertype EAPOL (0x888e), length 14: [|EAP] ^C 1 packet captured 2 packets received by filter 0 packets dropped by kernel frol@ubuntu1810:/tmp$ uname -a Linux ubuntu1810 4.18.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 11 15:13:55 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux frol@ubuntu1804:/tmp$ sudo tcpdump -i lo -enlx [sudo] lösenord för frol: tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes 10:36:35.288993 02:00:00:00:00:01 > 02:00:00:00:00:00, ethertype EAPOL (0x888e), length 14: [|EAP] ^C 1 packet captured 2 packets received by filter 0 packets dropped by kernel frol@ubuntu1804:/tmp$ uname -a Linux ubuntu1804 4.15.0-38-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 10 10:59:38 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791893 Title: Trailing garbage data when sending on an AF_PACKET socket To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1791893/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs