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Merge pull request #669 from coderobe/patch-setrfmon

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modules/wifi: Fix handle activation when monitor device is already set up
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Simone Margaritelli 2020-01-17 11:48:01 +01:00 • committed by GitHub
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modules/wifi/wifi.go
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@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) Configure() error {
}
}
setRFMonMaybeFatal := false
for retry := 0; ; retry++ {
ihandle, err := pcap.NewInactiveHandle(ifName)
if err != nil {
@ -488,9 +489,18 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) Configure() error {
}
defer ihandle.CleanUp()
/*
* Calling SetRFMon is fatal when the interface is already in monitor mode.
* gopacket has no GetRFMon analogue to SetRFMon with which we could check this, however ...
*/
if !setRFMonMaybeFatal {
if err = ihandle.SetRFMon(true); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error while setting interface %s in monitor mode: %s", tui.Bold(ifName), err)
} else if err = ihandle.SetSnapLen(65536); err != nil {
}
} else {
mod.Debug("SetRFMon on interface %s might be fatal, skipping this time", tui.Bold(ifName))
}
if err = ihandle.SetSnapLen(65536); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error while settng snapshot length: %s", err)
}
/*
@ -508,7 +518,13 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) Configure() error {
}
continue
}
if setRFMonMaybeFatal {
return fmt.Errorf("error while activating handle: %s", err)
} else {
mod.Warning("error while activating handle: %s, %s", err, tui.Bold("interface might already be monitoring. retrying!"))
setRFMonMaybeFatal = true
continue
}
}
break