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[Bug 2122458] Re: Password re-entry popup does not appear on incorrect password entry with WPA3 networks

 

** Description changed:

  SRU Justification:
  
  [ Impact ]
  
  Users who input an incorrect password to a WPA3-SAE Wi-Fi network will
  not receive a prompt to enter a new password when the authentication
  fails - instead, the connection will fail silently, and the user will
  need to "forget" the saved profile and try a fresh connection attempt.
  
  [ Test Plan ]
  
  1. Set up a WPA3-SAE access point
  2. On your test device, attempt to connect to the WPA3-SAE access point with the wrong password
  
  Expected behavior: User should be presented with a dialog to re-enter the password
  Actual behavior (without patch): The connection attempt will fail silently, and the user is never presented with an option to re-enter the password. As a result, they must forget the saved connection profile and try a fresh connection attempt.
  
  [ Fix ]
  
  Add new signal handlers that will prompt for a new secret if a
  disconnection is reported from wpa_supplicant via the PskMismatch dbus
  signal
  
  [ Where problems could occur ]
  
  Existing auth failure related code paths within NetworkManager should
  not be impacted by this change, since this change only adds a new signal
  handling function for PskMismatch.
  
  If a user is within range of a WPA3 AP that they have an incorrect
  password saved for, this bug fix will cause NM to prompt for a new
  password. If the secret manager agent is blocking, this behavior may be
  unexpected (but still totally correct) to the user.
  
  [ Other Info ]
  Upstream patch: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2287
  
  Impacts Jammy, Noble, Plucky, Questing
+ 
+ Related to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2125203

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Title:
  Password re-entry popup does not appear on incorrect password entry
  with WPA3 networks

Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in network-manager source package in Jammy:
  New
Status in network-manager source package in Noble:
  New
Status in network-manager source package in Plucky:
  New
Status in network-manager source package in Questing:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  [ Impact ]

  Users who input an incorrect password to a WPA3-SAE Wi-Fi network will
  not receive a prompt to enter a new password when the authentication
  fails - instead, the connection will fail silently, and the user will
  need to "forget" the saved profile and try a fresh connection attempt.

  [ Test Plan ]

  1. Set up a WPA3-SAE access point
  2. On your test device, attempt to connect to the WPA3-SAE access point with the wrong password

  Expected behavior: User should be presented with a dialog to re-enter the password
  Actual behavior (without patch): The connection attempt will fail silently, and the user is never presented with an option to re-enter the password. As a result, they must forget the saved connection profile and try a fresh connection attempt.

  [ Fix ]

  Add new signal handlers that will prompt for a new secret if a
  disconnection is reported from wpa_supplicant via the PskMismatch dbus
  signal

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  Existing auth failure related code paths within NetworkManager should
  not be impacted by this change, since this change only adds a new
  signal handling function for PskMismatch.

  If a user is within range of a WPA3 AP that they have an incorrect
  password saved for, this bug fix will cause NM to prompt for a new
  password. If the secret manager agent is blocking, this behavior may
  be unexpected (but still totally correct) to the user.

  [ Other Info ]
  Upstream patch: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2287

  Impacts Jammy, Noble, Plucky, Questing

  Related to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2125203

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