Hello everyone!
I downloaded Kali Linux version 2025.4 for VMware (VMware Workstation Pro 25H2, version 25.0.0.24995812) and updated the system. Then I installed the drivers (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/mediatek) for my awus036axml WiFi adapter. I wanted to use hcxdumptool to monitor network activity and analyze packets, but the program showed nothing — the table with ESSIDs/channels/frequencies was empty. The .pcapng file created by the program was almost empty. I run the program with the following arguments: hcxdumptool -i wlan0 --rds=3
I reverted to the VMware image version 2025.3, and everything works. Hcxdumptool was installed from the standard Kali repositories via apt install, system kernel versions are 2025.4 — 6.16.0, 2025.3 — 6.12.0.
I suspect that caused by a regression bug in a kernel, but i haven't much expertise to claim this.