Re: [PATCH wireless-next v4 0/9] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Add Support for EPPKE Authentication

[Kavita Kavita <kavita.kavita@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 1/16/2026 1:47 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-01-14 at 16:48 +0530, Kavita Kavita wrote:
>> This patch series introduces support for the Enhanced Privacy
>> Protection Key Exchange (EPPKE) authentication protocol, as defined in
>> "IEEE P802.11bi/D3.0, 12.16.9". The implementation covers both AP and
>> non-AP STA modes, with clear separation in the commit descriptions.
>>
>> The changes have been validated end-to-end using the hwsim tool.
>>
>> During development and testing of EPPKE feature, we encountered an
>> issue in mac80211 related to incorrect AAD/Nonce computation for
>> management frames when MLO address translation is involved.
>> Depends-on: [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: Fix AAD/Nonce
>> computation for management frames with MLO
>>
>> Without the patch, EPPKE functionality will fail for MLO connection.
> Because of that, I've only applied patches 1-8 for now, so the feature
> isn't enabled anywhere until we fix that issue.


Sure, Thank you.


>
> johannes